#EFE8AC#EFE8AC

#EFE8AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.790; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.077 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8AC
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 172)
HSL	hsl(54, 68%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 28%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.25, -6.72, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.25, 30.86, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0163 0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.077 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(71.9000, 79.0439, 50.4911)
Luminance	0.7904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8AC #ACB3EF

analogous

#EFC6AC #EFE8AC #D4EFAC

triadic

#EFE8AC #ACEFE8 #E8ACEF

tetradic

#EFE8AC #ACEFC6 #ACB3EF #EFACD4

square

#EFE8AC #ACEFC6 #ACB3EF #EFACD4

split-complementary

#EFE8AC #ACD4EF #C6ACEF

monochromatic

#DBCC45 #E5DA79 #EFE8AC #F9F6DF #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.81

#EFE8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8AC

16.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8AC	1.00	1.25	16.81	16.81
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.077 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc5',
    500: '#efe8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8ac;
$custom-light: #f5efc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.731,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92225,
    "c": 0.07745,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8AC

secondary

#727CCD

accent

#29D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8AC

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

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