#EFE9B2#EFE9B2

#EFE9B2 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.798; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.071 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9B2
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 178)
HSL	hsl(54, 66%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(54, 26%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 25.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.61, -6.44, 27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.61, 28.28, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(92.55% -0.0154 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(92.55% 0.071 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(72.7715, 79.8442, 53.6888)
Luminance	0.7984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9B2 #B2B8EF

analogous

#EFCBB2 #EFE9B2 #D7EFB2

triadic

#EFE9B2 #B2EFE9 #E9B2EF

tetradic

#EFE9B2 #B2EFCB #B2B8EF #EFB2D7

square

#EFE9B2 #B2EFCB #B2B8EF #EFB2D7

split-complementary

#EFE9B2 #B2D7EF #CBB2EF

monochromatic

#DACC4D #E4DB7F #EFE9B2 #FAF7E5 #FAF8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFE9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.97

#EFE9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9B2

16.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9B2	1.00	1.24	16.97	16.97
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E5AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E8B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E1DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.071 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c9',
    500: '#efe9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9b2;
$custom-light: #f5f0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 65.591,
    "l": 81.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92545,
    "c": 0.07128,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9B2

secondary

#7881CD

accent

#2ACD18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9B2

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

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