#EFE9BC#EFE9BC

#EFE9BC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.059 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9BC
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 188)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 21.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.80, -5.08, 22.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.80, 23.22, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.75% -0.0114 0.0578)
OKLCH	oklch(92.75% 0.059 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.8124, 80.2605, 59.1706)
Luminance	0.8026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9BC #BCC2EF

analogous

#EFCFBC #EFE9BC #DBEFBC

triadic

#EFE9BC #BCEFE9 #E9BCEF

tetradic

#EFE9BC #BCEFCF #BCC2EF #EFBCDB

square

#EFE9BC #BCEFCF #BCC2EF #EFBCDB

split-complementary

#EFE9BC #BCDBEF #CFBCEF

monochromatic

#D7C959 #E3D98B #EFE9BC #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EFE9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9BC

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9BC	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E6B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.059 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d0',
    500: '#efe9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9bc;
$custom-light: #f4f0d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 61.446,
    "l": 83.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92754,
    "c": 0.05893,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.80259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9BC

secondary

#828BCD

accent

#31C91C

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9BC

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

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