#EFE9C8#EFE9C8

#EFE9C8 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.044 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9C8
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 200)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(51, 16%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 16.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.04, -3.33, 16.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.04, 17.12, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(93.02% -0.0066 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(93.02% 0.044 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.1602, 80.7996, 66.2688)
Luminance	0.8080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9C8 #C8CEEF

analogous

#EFD5C8 #EFE9C8 #E1EFC8

triadic

#EFE9C8 #C8EFE9 #E9C8EF

tetradic

#EFE9C8 #C8EFD5 #C8CEEF #EFC8E1

square

#EFE9C8 #C8EFD5 #C8CEEF #EFC8E1

split-complementary

#EFE9C8 #C8E1EF #D5C8EF

monochromatic

#D3C369 #E1D699 #EFE9C8 #F8F6E7 #F8F6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#EFE9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9C8

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9C8	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E7C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2E9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.044 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0d8',
    500: '#efe9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9c8;
$custom-light: #f4f0d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 54.93,
    "l": 86.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93023,
    "c": 0.04382,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9C8

secondary

#8E98CD

accent

#3CC223

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9C8

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

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