#EFE9BF#EFE9BF

#EFE9BF is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.804; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.055 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9BF
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 191)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 84%)
HSV	hsv(53, 20%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 20.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.86, -4.65, 21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.86, 21.69, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(92.82% -0.0102 0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(92.82% 0.055 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(74.1392, 80.3912, 60.8916)
Luminance	0.8039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9BF #BFC5EF

analogous

#EFD1BF #EFE9BF #DDEFBF

triadic

#EFE9BF #BFEFE9 #E9BFEF

tetradic

#EFE9BF #BFEFD1 #BFC5EF #EFBFDD

square

#EFE9BF #BFEFD1 #BFC5EF #EFBFDD

split-complementary

#EFE9BF #BFDDEF #D1BFEF

monochromatic

#D7C75D #E3D88E #EFE9BF #F9F7E7 #F9F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.08

#EFE9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9BF

17.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9BF	1.00	1.23	17.08	17.08
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E6BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E9C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E3DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.055 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d2',
    500: '#efe9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9bf;
$custom-light: #f4f0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 84.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92819,
    "c": 0.05518,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.8039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9BF

secondary

#858ECD

accent

#33C81E

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9BF

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

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