#EFE8BA#EFE8BA

#EFE8BA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.060 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8BA
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 186)
HSL	hsl(52, 62%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(52, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 22.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -4.85, 23.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 23.78, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(92.51% -0.0107 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(92.51% 0.06 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.3160, 79.6103, 57.9490)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8BA #BAC1EF

analogous

#EFCDBA #EFE8BA #DBEFBA

triadic

#EFE8BA #BAEFE8 #E8BAEF

tetradic

#EFE8BA #BAEFCD #BAC1EF #EFBADB

square

#EFE8BA #BAEFCD #BAC1EF #EFBADB

split-complementary

#EFE8BA #BADBEF #CDBAEF

monochromatic

#D8C757 #E3D788 #EFE8BA #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EFE8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8BA

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8BA	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.060 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efcf',
    500: '#efe8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8ba;
$custom-light: #f4efcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.075,
    "s": 62.353,
    "l": 83.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92511,
    "c": 0.06031,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8BA

secondary

#808ACD

accent

#32CA1B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8BA

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

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