#EFE8B2#EFE8B2

#EFE8B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.793; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.070 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8B2
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 178)
HSL	hsl(53, 66%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(53, 26%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 25.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.36, -5.94, 27.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.36, 27.83, 102.32°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0139 0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.07 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.4893, 79.2796, 53.5947)
Luminance	0.7928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8B2 #B2B9EF

analogous

#EFCAB2 #EFE8B2 #D8EFB2

triadic

#EFE8B2 #B2EFE8 #E8B2EF

tetradic

#EFE8B2 #B2EFCA #B2B9EF #EFB2D8

square

#EFE8B2 #B2EFCA #B2B9EF #EFB2D8

split-complementary

#EFE8B2 #B2D8EF #CAB2EF

monochromatic

#DACA4D #E4D97F #EFE8B2 #FAF7E5 #FAF7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.86

#EFE8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8B2

16.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8B2	1.00	1.25	16.86	16.86
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E4AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E0D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.070 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efc9',
    500: '#efe8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8b2;
$custom-light: #f5efc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92344,
    "c": 0.07017,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8B2

secondary

#7882CD

accent

#2DCD18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8B2

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

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