#EFE9CA#EFE9CA

#EFE9CA is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.041 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9CA
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 202)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 15.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.08, -3.03, 15.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.08, 16.10, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(93.07% -0.0058 0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(93.07% 0.041 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.3954, 80.8937, 67.5079)
Luminance	0.8089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9CA #CAD0EF

analogous

#EFD7CA #EFE9CA #E3EFCA

triadic

#EFE9CA #CAEFE9 #E9CAEF

tetradic

#EFE9CA #CAEFD7 #CAD0EF #EFCAE3

square

#EFE9CA #CAEFD7 #CAD0EF #EFCAE3

split-complementary

#EFE9CA #CAE3EF #D7CAEF

monochromatic

#D3C26C #E1D59B #EFE9CA #F8F5E7 #F8F5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.18

#EFE9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9CA

17.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9CA	1.00	1.22	17.18	17.18
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0E7C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.041 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0da',
    500: '#efe9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9ca;
$custom-light: #f4f0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 53.623,
    "l": 86.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9307,
    "c": 0.04128,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.80893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9CA

secondary

#909ACD

accent

#3EC124

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9CA

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

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