#EFE8A2#EFE8A2

#EFE8A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.0% C 0.089 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A2
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 162)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 32.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.09, -7.96, 34.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.09, 35.87, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(92.04% -0.0203 0.087)
OKLCH	oklch(92.04% 0.089 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.9755, 78.6741, 45.6222)
Luminance	0.7867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A2 #A2A9EF

analogous

#EFC1A2 #EFE8A2 #CFEFA2

triadic

#EFE8A2 #A2EFE8 #E8A2EF

tetradic

#EFE8A2 #A2EFC1 #A2A9EF #EFA2CF

square

#EFE8A2 #A2EFC1 #A2A9EF #EFA2CF

split-complementary

#EFE8A2 #A2CFEF #C1A2EF

monochromatic

#DDCE3A #E6DB6E #EFE8A2 #F8F5D6 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.73

#EFE8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A2

16.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A2	1.00	1.25	16.73	16.73
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.0% 0.089 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbe',
    500: '#efe8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a2;
$custom-light: #f5efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92037,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.78673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A2

secondary

#6972CC

accent

#24D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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