#EFE8AD#EFE8AD

#EFE8AD is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.076 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8AD
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 173)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 27.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.27, -6.59, 29.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.27, 30.35, 102.54°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0159 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.076 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(71.9964, 79.0825, 50.9988)
Luminance	0.7908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8AD #ADB4EF

analogous

#EFC7AD #EFE8AD #D5EFAD

triadic

#EFE8AD #ADEFE8 #E8ADEF

tetradic

#EFE8AD #ADEFC7 #ADB4EF #EFADD5

square

#EFE8AD #ADEFC7 #ADB4EF #EFADD5

split-complementary

#EFE8AD #ADD5EF #C7ADEF

monochromatic

#DBCB47 #E5DA7A #EFE8AD #F9F6E0 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#EFE8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8AD

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8AD	1.00	1.25	16.82	16.82
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E8AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.076 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc5',
    500: '#efe8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8ad;
$custom-light: #f5efc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.636,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 80.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92244,
    "c": 0.07624,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8AD

secondary

#737DCD

accent

#2ACF16

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8AD

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

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