#EFE9AF#EFE9AF

#EFE9AF is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.075 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9AF
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 175)
HSL	hsl(54, 67%, 81%)
HSV	hsv(54, 27%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 26.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -6.84, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 29.79, 103.26°)
OKLab	oklab(92.49% -0.0166 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(92.49% 0.075 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.4736, 79.7250, 52.1198)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9AF #AFB5EF

analogous

#EFC9AF #EFE9AF #D5EFAF

triadic

#EFE9AF #AFEFE9 #E9AFEF

tetradic

#EFE9AF #AFEFC9 #AFB5EF #EFAFD5

square

#EFE9AF #AFEFC9 #AFB5EF #EFAFD5

split-complementary

#EFE9AF #AFD5EF #C9AFEF

monochromatic

#DBCD49 #E5DB7C #EFE9AF #F9F7E2 #FAF8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EFE9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9AF

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9AF	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)

#F4E5AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E8B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.075 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c7',
    500: '#efe9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9af;
$custom-light: #f5f0c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 81.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92485,
    "c": 0.07494,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.79724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9AF

secondary

#757DCD

accent

#28CF17

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9AF

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

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