#EFE9AC#EFE9AC

#EFE9AC is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.079 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9AC
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 172)
HSL	hsl(55, 68%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(55, 28%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 28%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.51, -7.22, 30.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.51, 31.30, 103.34°)
OKLab	oklab(92.43% -0.0178 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(92.43% 0.079 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(72.1823, 79.6085, 50.5852)
Luminance	0.7961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9AC #ACB2EF

analogous

#EFC7AC #EFE9AC #D3EFAC

triadic

#EFE9AC #ACEFE9 #E9ACEF

tetradic

#EFE9AC #ACEFC7 #ACB2EF #EFACD3

square

#EFE9AC #ACEFC7 #ACB2EF #EFACD3

split-complementary

#EFE9AC #ACD3EF #C7ACEF

monochromatic

#DBCE45 #E5DB79 #EFE9AC #F9F7DF #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EFE9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9AC

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9AC	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E5A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.079 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c5',
    500: '#efe9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9ac;
$custom-light: #f5f0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 67.677,
    "l": 80.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92426,
    "c": 0.07856,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9AC

secondary

#727ACD

accent

#27D016

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9AC

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

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