#EFE9BE#EFE9BE

#EFE9BE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.056 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9BE
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 190)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 21%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.84, -4.79, 21.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.84, 22.20, 102.47°)
OKLab	oklab(92.8% -0.0106 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(92.8% 0.056 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.0295, 80.3474, 60.3140)
Luminance	0.8035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9BE #BEC4EF

analogous

#EFD1BE #EFE9BE #DDEFBE

triadic

#EFE9BE #BEEFE9 #E9BEEF

tetradic

#EFE9BE #BEEFD1 #BEC4EF #EFBEDD

square

#EFE9BE #BEEFD1 #BEC4EF #EFBEDD

split-complementary

#EFE9BE #BEDDEF #D1BEEF

monochromatic

#D7C85C #E3D88D #EFE9BE #F9F7E6 #F9F7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.07

#EFE9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9BE

17.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9BE	1.00	1.23	17.07	17.07
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E6BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E9BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.056 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d1',
    500: '#efe9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9be;
$custom-light: #f4f0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.653,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 84.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92797,
    "c": 0.05643,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.80346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9BE

secondary

#848DCD

accent

#32C81D

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9BE

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

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