#EFE8A8#EFE8A8

#EFE8A8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.082 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A8
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 168)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(54, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 29.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.19, -7.23, 32.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.19, 32.87, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0179 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.082 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.5216, 78.8926, 48.4983)
Luminance	0.7889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A8 #A8AFEF

analogous

#EFC5A8 #EFE8A8 #D2EFA8

triadic

#EFE8A8 #A8EFE8 #E8A8EF

tetradic

#EFE8A8 #A8EFC5 #A8AFEF #EFA8D2

square

#EFE8A8 #A8EFC5 #A8AFEF #EFA8D2

split-complementary

#EFE8A8 #A8D2EF #C5A8EF

monochromatic

#DCCD41 #E5DA74 #EFE8A8 #F9F6DC #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.78

#EFE8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A8

16.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A8	1.00	1.25	16.78	16.78
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E7AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FADFD7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.082 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc2',
    500: '#efe8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a8;
$custom-light: #f5efc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.085,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92148,
    "c": 0.08223,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.78891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A8

secondary

#6F78CD

accent

#27D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A8

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

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