#EFE9BB#EFE9BB

#EFE9BB is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.060 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9BB
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 187)
HSL	hsl(53, 62%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 22%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 21.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -5.22, 23.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 23.72, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(92.73% -0.0118 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(92.73% 0.06 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.7050, 80.2176, 58.6049)
Luminance	0.8022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9BB #BBC1EF

analogous

#EFCFBB #EFE9BB #DBEFBB

triadic

#EFE9BB #BBEFE9 #E9BBEF

tetradic

#EFE9BB #BBEFCF #BBC1EF #EFBBDB

square

#EFE9BB #BBEFCF #BBC1EF #EFBBDB

split-complementary

#EFE9BB #BBDBEF #CFBBEF

monochromatic

#D8C958 #E3D989 #EFE9BB #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#EFE9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9BB

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9BB	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E6B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E2DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.060 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0cf',
    500: '#efe9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9bb;
$custom-light: #f4f0cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 83.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92732,
    "c": 0.06018,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.80216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9BB

secondary

#818ACD

accent

#30CA1C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9BB

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

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