#EFE8AF#EFE8AF

#EFE8AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.074 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8AF
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 175)
HSL	hsl(53, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(53, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 26.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.31, -6.33, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.31, 29.35, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(92.28% -0.0151 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(92.28% 0.074 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.1913, 79.1605, 52.0257)
Luminance	0.7916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8AF #AFB6EF

analogous

#EFC8AF #EFE8AF #D6EFAF

triadic

#EFE8AF #AFEFE8 #E8AFEF

tetradic

#EFE8AF #AFEFC8 #AFB6EF #EFAFD6

square

#EFE8AF #AFEFC8 #AFB6EF #EFAFD6

split-complementary

#EFE8AF #AFD6EF #C8AFEF

monochromatic

#DBCB49 #E5D97C #EFE8AF #F9F7E2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.83

#EFE8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8AF

16.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8AF	1.00	1.25	16.83	16.83
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E4AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.074 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc7',
    500: '#efe8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8af;
$custom-light: #f5efc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.438,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92284,
    "c": 0.07382,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8AF

secondary

#757FCD

accent

#2BCF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8AF

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

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