#EFE9AE#EFE9AE

#EFE9AE is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.076 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9AE
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 174)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 27.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.54, -6.97, 29.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.54, 30.30, 103.29°)
OKLab	oklab(92.47% -0.017 0.0742)
OKLCH	oklch(92.47% 0.076 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(72.3758, 79.6859, 51.6044)
Luminance	0.7968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9AE #AEB4EF

analogous

#EFC8AE #EFE9AE #D4EFAE

triadic

#EFE9AE #AEEFE9 #E9AEEF

tetradic

#EFE9AE #AEEFC8 #AEB4EF #EFAED4

square

#EFE9AE #AEEFC8 #AEB4EF #EFAED4

split-complementary

#EFE9AE #AED4EF #C8AEEF

monochromatic

#DBCD48 #E5DB7B #EFE9AE #F9F7E1 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EFE9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9AE

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9AE	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F4E5AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1D9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.076 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c6',
    500: '#efe9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9ae;
$custom-light: #f5f0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 80.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92465,
    "c": 0.07615,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9AE

secondary

#747CCD

accent

#28CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9AE

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

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