#EFE8BD#EFE8BD

#EFE8BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.057 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8BD
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 189)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(52, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.57, -4.43, 21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.57, 22.26, 101.48°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.0095 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.057 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(73.6383, 79.7392, 59.6462)
Luminance	0.7974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8BD #BDC4EF

analogous

#EFCFBD #EFE8BD #DDEFBD

triadic

#EFE8BD #BDEFE8 #E8BDEF

tetradic

#EFE8BD #BDEFCF #BDC4EF #EFBDDD

square

#EFE8BD #BDEFCF #BDC4EF #EFBDDD

split-complementary

#EFE8BD #BDDDEF #CFBDEF

monochromatic

#D7C65A #E3D78C #EFE8BD #F9F6E6 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.95

#EFE8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8BD

16.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8BD	1.00	1.24	16.95	16.95
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E5BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.057 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd1',
    500: '#efe8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8bd;
$custom-light: #f4efd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.6,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92576,
    "c": 0.05657,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.79738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8BD

secondary

#838DCD

accent

#35C91D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8BD

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

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