#EFE9AB#EFE9AB

#EFE9AB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.080 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9AB
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 171)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -7.35, 30.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 31.81, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(92.41% -0.0182 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(92.41% 0.08 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(72.0866, 79.5702, 50.0813)
Luminance	0.7957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9AB #ABB1EF

analogous

#EFC7AB #EFE9AB #D3EFAB

triadic

#EFE9AB #ABEFE9 #E9ABEF

tetradic

#EFE9AB #ABEFC7 #ABB1EF #EFABD3

square

#EFE9AB #ABEFC7 #ABB1EF #EFABD3

split-complementary

#EFE9AB #ABD3EF #C7ABEF

monochromatic

#DBCE44 #E5DC78 #EFE9AB #F9F6DE #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EFE9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9AB

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9AB	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)

#F4E5A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.080 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c4',
    500: '#efe9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9ab;
$custom-light: #f5f0c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.706,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 80.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92407,
    "c": 0.07976,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.79569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9AB

secondary

#717ACD

accent

#26D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9AB

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

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