#EFE8A9#EFE8A9

#EFE8A9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.789; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.081 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8A9
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 169)
HSL	hsl(54, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(54, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.20, -7.10, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.20, 32.37, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(92.17% -0.0175 0.0791)
OKLCH	oklch(92.17% 0.081 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.6151, 78.9300, 48.9909)
Luminance	0.7893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8A9 #A9B0EF

analogous

#EFC5A9 #EFE8A9 #D3EFA9

triadic

#EFE8A9 #A9EFE8 #E8A9EF

tetradic

#EFE8A9 #A9EFC5 #A9B0EF #EFA9D3

square

#EFE8A9 #A9EFC5 #A9B0EF #EFA9D3

split-complementary

#EFE8A9 #A9D3EF #C5A9EF

monochromatic

#DCCC42 #E5DA75 #EFE8A9 #F9F6DD #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.79

#EFE8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8A9

16.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8A9	1.00	1.25	16.79	16.79
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.081 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc3',
    500: '#efe8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8a9;
$custom-light: #f5efc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92167,
    "c": 0.08104,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.78929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8A9

secondary

#7079CD

accent

#28D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8A9

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

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