#EFE9AA#EFE9AA

#EFE9AA is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.795; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.081 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9AA
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 170)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.47, -7.48, 31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.47, 32.31, 103.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.39% -0.0186 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(92.39% 0.081 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.9916, 79.5322, 49.5813)
Luminance	0.7953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9AA #AAB0EF

analogous

#EFC7AA #EFE9AA #D2EFAA

triadic

#EFE9AA #AAEFE9 #E9AAEF

tetradic

#EFE9AA #AAEFC7 #AAB0EF #EFAAD2

square

#EFE9AA #AAEFC7 #AAB0EF #EFAAD2

split-complementary

#EFE9AA #AAD2EF #C7AAEF

monochromatic

#DCCE43 #E5DC76 #EFE9AA #F9F6DE #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EFE9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9AA

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9AA	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E8AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.081 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c3',
    500: '#efe9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9aa;
$custom-light: #f5f0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 68.317,
    "l": 80.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92388,
    "c": 0.08096,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.79531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9AA

secondary

#7079CD

accent

#26D015

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9AA

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

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