#EFE8A5#EFE8A5

#EFE8A5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.086 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A5
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 165)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 31%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -7.60, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 34.37, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.09% -0.0191 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(92.09% 0.086 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2453, 78.7821, 47.0434)
Luminance	0.7878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A5 #A5ACEF

analogous

#EFC3A5 #EFE8A5 #D1EFA5

triadic

#EFE8A5 #A5EFE8 #E8A5EF

tetradic

#EFE8A5 #A5EFC3 #A5ACEF #EFA5D1

square

#EFE8A5 #A5EFC3 #A5ACEF #EFA5D1

split-complementary

#EFE8A5 #A5D1EF #C3A5EF

monochromatic

#DDCD3D #E6DB71 #EFE8A5 #F8F5D9 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EFE8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A5

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A5	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E3A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.086 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc0',
    500: '#efe8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a5;
$custom-light: #f5efc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.324,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92092,
    "c": 0.08579,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A5

secondary

#6C75CC

accent

#26D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A5

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

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