#EFE8BE#EFE8BE

#EFE8BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.055 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8BE
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 190)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.59, -4.29, 21.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.59, 21.75, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(92.6% -0.0091 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(92.6% 0.055 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.7472, 79.7828, 60.2199)
Luminance	0.7978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8BE #BEC5EF

analogous

#EFD0BE #EFE8BE #DEEFBE

triadic

#EFE8BE #BEEFE8 #E8BEEF

tetradic

#EFE8BE #BEEFD0 #BEC5EF #EFBEDE

square

#EFE8BE #BEEFD0 #BEC5EF #EFBEDE

split-complementary

#EFE8BE #BEDEEF #D0BEEF

monochromatic

#D7C55C #E3D78D #EFE8BE #F9F6E6 #F9F6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.96

#EFE8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8BE

16.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8BE	1.00	1.24	16.96	16.96
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.055 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd1',
    500: '#efe8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8be;
$custom-light: #f4efd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92597,
    "c": 0.05532,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8BE

secondary

#848ECD

accent

#36C81D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8BE

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

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