#EFE9BD#EFE9BD

#EFE9BD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.058 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9BD
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 189)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -4.93, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 22.71, 102.55°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.011 0.0566)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.058 101)
XYZ	xyz(73.9206, 80.3038, 59.7403)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9BD #BDC3EF

analogous

#EFD0BD #EFE9BD #DCEFBD

triadic

#EFE9BD #BDEFE9 #E9BDEF

tetradic

#EFE9BD #BDEFD0 #BDC3EF #EFBDDC

square

#EFE9BD #BDEFD0 #BDC3EF #EFBDDC

split-complementary

#EFE9BD #BDDCEF #D0BDEF

monochromatic

#D7C85A #E3D98C #EFE9BD #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#EFE9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9BD

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9BD	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2E6BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.058 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d1',
    500: '#efe9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9bd;
$custom-light: #f4f0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 83.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92776,
    "c": 0.05769,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.80303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9BD

secondary

#838CCD

accent

#31C91D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9BD

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

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