#EFE8CA#EFE8CA

#EFE8CA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.040 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8CA
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 202)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(49, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.83, -2.52, 15.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.83, 15.66, 99.28°)
OKLab	oklab(92.87% -0.0044 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(92.87% 0.04 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(75.1131, 80.3292, 67.4138)
Luminance	0.8033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8CA #CAD1EF

analogous

#EFD6CA #EFE8CA #E4EFCA

triadic

#EFE8CA #CAEFE8 #E8CAEF

tetradic

#EFE8CA #CAEFD6 #CAD1EF #EFCAE4

square

#EFE8CA #CAEFD6 #CAD1EF #EFCAE4

split-complementary

#EFE8CA #CAE4EF #D6CAEF

monochromatic

#D3BF6C #E1D49B #EFE8CA #F8F5E7 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#EFE8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8CA

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8CA	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE6C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E3DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.040 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efda',
    500: '#efe8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8ca;
$custom-light: #f4efda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92871,
    "c": 0.04022,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8CA

secondary

#909CCD

accent

#42C124

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8CA

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

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