#EFE9C2#EFE9C2

#EFE9C2 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.805; OKLCH L 92.9% C 0.051 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9C2
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 194)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 85%)
HSV	hsv(52, 19%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 18.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.92, -4.22, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.92, 20.17, 102.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.89% -0.009 0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(92.89% 0.051 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(74.4727, 80.5246, 62.6481)
Luminance	0.8052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9C2 #C2C8EF

analogous

#EFD3C2 #EFE9C2 #DFEFC2

triadic

#EFE9C2 #C2EFE9 #E9C2EF

tetradic

#EFE9C2 #C2EFD3 #C2C8EF #EFC2DF

square

#EFE9C2 #C2EFD3 #C2C8EF #EFC2DF

split-complementary

#EFE9C2 #C2DFEF #D3C2EF

monochromatic

#D6C661 #E2D892 #EFE9C2 #F9F6E7 #F9F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFE9C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.10

#EFE9C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9C2

17.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9C2	1.00	1.23	17.10	17.10
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1E6C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3E9C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E3DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.9% 0.051 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d4',
    500: '#efe9c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9c2;
$custom-light: #f4f0d4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 58.442,
    "l": 84.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92886,
    "c": 0.05141,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9C2

secondary

#8891CD

accent

#36C61F

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9C2

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