#EFE8AE#EFE8AE

#EFE8AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.791; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.075 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8AE
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 174)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 27.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.29, -6.46, 29.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.29, 29.85, 102.50°)
OKLab	oklab(92.26% -0.0155 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(92.26% 0.075 102)
XYZ	xyz(72.0935, 79.1213, 51.5103)
Luminance	0.7912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8AE #AEB5EF

analogous

#EFC7AE #EFE8AE #D5EFAE

triadic

#EFE8AE #AEEFE8 #E8AEEF

tetradic

#EFE8AE #AEEFC7 #AEB5EF #EFAED5

square

#EFE8AE #AEEFC7 #AEB5EF #EFAED5

split-complementary

#EFE8AE #AED5EF #C7AEEF

monochromatic

#DBCB48 #E5D97B #EFE8AE #F9F7E1 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.82

#EFE8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8AE

16.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8AE	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)

#F3E4AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.075 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc6',
    500: '#efe8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8ae;
$custom-light: #f5efc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.538,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92264,
    "c": 0.07503,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.7912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8AE

secondary

#747ECD

accent

#2ACF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8AE

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

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