#EFE8BF#EFE8BF

#EFE8BF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.054 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8BF
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 191)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(51, 20%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 20.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -4.14, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 21.25, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.62% -0.0088 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(92.62% 0.054 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.8569, 79.8267, 60.7975)
Luminance	0.7983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8BF #BFC6EF

analogous

#EFD0BF #EFE8BF #DEEFBF

triadic

#EFE8BF #BFEFE8 #E8BFEF

tetradic

#EFE8BF #BFEFD0 #BFC6EF #EFBFDE

square

#EFE8BF #BFEFD0 #BFC6EF #EFBFDE

split-complementary

#EFE8BF #BFDEEF #D0BFEF

monochromatic

#D7C55D #E3D68E #EFE8BF #F9F6E7 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EFE8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8BF

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8BF	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E8C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.054 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efd2',
    500: '#efe8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8bf;
$custom-light: #f4efd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9262,
    "c": 0.05407,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8BF

secondary

#8590CD

accent

#37C81E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8BF

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

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