#EFE9A2#EFE9A2

#EFE9A2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.792; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.090 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9A2
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 162)
HSL	hsl(55, 71%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(55, 32%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 32.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.34, -8.46, 35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.34, 36.31, 103.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.24% -0.0217 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(92.24% 0.09 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2578, 79.2387, 45.7163)
Luminance	0.7924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9A2 #A2A8EF

analogous

#EFC2A2 #EFE9A2 #CEEFA2

triadic

#EFE9A2 #A2EFE9 #E9A2EF

tetradic

#EFE9A2 #A2EFC2 #A2A8EF #EFA2CE

square

#EFE9A2 #A2EFC2 #A2A8EF #EFA2CE

split-complementary

#EFE9A2 #A2CEEF #C2A2EF

monochromatic

#DDD03A #E6DD6E #EFE9A2 #F8F5D6 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFE9A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.85

#EFE9A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9A2

16.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9A2	1.00	1.25	16.85	16.85
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E49D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E8A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.090 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5efbe',
    500: '#efe9a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9a2;
$custom-light: #f5efbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.325,
    "s": 70.642,
    "l": 78.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9224,
    "c": 0.09042,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9A2

secondary

#6971CC

accent

#22D313

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9A2

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

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