#EFE8A6#EFE8A6

#EFE8A6 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.085 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A6
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 166)
HSL	hsl(54, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(54, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 30.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.15, -7.47, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.15, 33.87, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(92.11% -0.0187 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(92.11% 0.085 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(71.3367, 78.8186, 47.5246)
Luminance	0.7882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A6 #A6ADEF

analogous

#EFC4A6 #EFE8A6 #D2EFA6

triadic

#EFE8A6 #A6EFE8 #E8A6EF

tetradic

#EFE8A6 #A6EFC4 #A6ADEF #EFA6D2

square

#EFE8A6 #A6EFC4 #A6ADEF #EFA6D2

split-complementary

#EFE8A6 #A6D2EF #C4A6EF

monochromatic

#DCCD3E #E6DB72 #EFE8A6 #F8F5DA #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EFE8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A6

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A6	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)

#F4E3A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.085 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc1',
    500: '#efe8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a6;
$custom-light: #f5efc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.247,
    "s": 69.524,
    "l": 79.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92111,
    "c": 0.08461,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A6

secondary

#6D76CC

accent

#26D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A6

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

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