#EFE8BC#EFE8BC

#EFE8BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.058 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8BC
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 188)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 21.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -4.57, 22.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 22.77, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(92.55% -0.0099 0.057)
OKLCH	oklch(92.55% 0.058 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(73.5301, 79.6960, 59.0766)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8BC #BCC3EF

analogous

#EFCEBC #EFE8BC #DCEFBC

triadic

#EFE8BC #BCEFE8 #E8BCEF

tetradic

#EFE8BC #BCEFCE #BCC3EF #EFBCDC

square

#EFE8BC #BCEFCE #BCC3EF #EFBCDC

split-complementary

#EFE8BC #BCDCEF #CEBCEF

monochromatic

#D7C659 #E3D78B #EFE8BC #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EFE8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8BC

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8BC	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.058 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd0',
    500: '#efe8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8bc;
$custom-light: #f4efd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.765,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92554,
    "c": 0.05782,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8BC

secondary

#828CCD

accent

#34C91C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8BC

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

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