#EFE8A4#EFE8A4

#EFE8A4 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.787; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.087 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A4
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 164)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 31.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.12, -7.72, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.12, 34.87, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(92.07% -0.0195 0.0848)
OKLCH	oklch(92.07% 0.087 103)
XYZ	xyz(71.1547, 78.7458, 46.5659)
Luminance	0.7874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A4 #A4ABEF

analogous

#EFC3A4 #EFE8A4 #D1EFA4

triadic

#EFE8A4 #A4EFE8 #E8A4EF

tetradic

#EFE8A4 #A4EFC3 #A4ABEF #EFA4D1

square

#EFE8A4 #A4EFC3 #A4ABEF #EFA4D1

split-complementary

#EFE8A4 #A4D1EF #C3A4EF

monochromatic

#DDCE3C #E6DB70 #EFE8A4 #F8F5D8 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.75

#EFE8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A4

16.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A4	1.00	1.25	16.75	16.75
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E39F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E7A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.087 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbf',
    500: '#efe8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a4;
$custom-light: #f5efbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.4,
    "s": 70.093,
    "l": 79.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92074,
    "c": 0.08697,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.78744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A4

secondary

#6B74CC

accent

#25D213

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A4

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

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