#EFE8CB#EFE8CB

#EFE8CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.039 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE8CB
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 203)
HSL	hsl(48, 53%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(48, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 15.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.85, -2.37, 14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.85, 15.15, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(92.9% -0.004 0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(92.9% 0.039 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(75.2319, 80.3767, 68.0394)
Luminance	0.8038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE8CB #CBD2EF

analogous

#EFD6CB #EFE8CB #E4EFCB

triadic

#EFE8CB #CBEFE8 #E8CBEF

tetradic

#EFE8CB #CBEFD6 #CBD2EF #EFCBE4

square

#EFE8CB #CBEFD6 #CBD2EF #EFCBE4

split-complementary

#EFE8CB #CBE4EF #D6CBEF

monochromatic

#D2BF6D #E1D39C #EFE8CB #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#EFE8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE8CB

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE8CB	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EEE6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E3E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.039 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4efda',
    500: '#efe8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe8cb;
$custom-light: #f4efda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92895,
    "c": 0.03894,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.80376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE8CB

secondary

#919DCD

accent

#43C025

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE8CB

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

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