#EFE9CB#EFE9CB

#EFE9CB is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.809; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.040 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9CB
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 203)
HSL	hsl(50, 53%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 15.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.11, -2.88, 15.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.11, 15.59, 100.65°)
OKLab	oklab(93.09% -0.0054 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(93.09% 0.04 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(75.5142, 80.9413, 68.1335)
Luminance	0.8094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9CB #CBD1EF

analogous

#EFD7CB #EFE9CB #E3EFCB

triadic

#EFE9CB #CBEFE9 #E9CBEF

tetradic

#EFE9CB #CBEFD7 #CBD1EF #EFCBE3

square

#EFE9CB #CBEFD7 #CBD1EF #EFCBE3

split-complementary

#EFE9CB #CBE3EF #D7CBEF

monochromatic

#D2C16D #E1D59C #EFE9CB #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.19

#EFE9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9CB

17.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9CB	1.00	1.22	17.19	17.19
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E4E0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.040 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0da',
    500: '#efe9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9cb;
$custom-light: #f4f0da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 86.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93094,
    "c": 0.04001,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.8094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9CB

secondary

#919BCD

accent

#3FC025

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9CB

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

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