#EFE9CC#EFE9CC

#EFE9CC is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.039 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9CC
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 204)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(50, 15%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 14.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.13, -2.73, 14.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.13, 15.08, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(93.12% -0.005 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(93.12% 0.039 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(75.6337, 80.9891, 68.7631)
Luminance	0.8099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9CC #CCD2EF

analogous

#EFD8CC #EFE9CC #E4EFCC

triadic

#EFE9CC #CCEFE9 #E9CCEF

tetradic

#EFE9CC #CCEFD8 #CCD2EF #EFCCE4

square

#EFE9CC #CCEFD8 #CCD2EF #EFCCE4

split-complementary

#EFE9CC #CCE4EF #D8CCEF

monochromatic

#D2C16F #E0D59D #EFE9CC #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.20

#EFE9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9CC

17.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9CC	1.00	1.22	17.20	17.20
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.039 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0db',
    500: '#efe9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9cc;
$custom-light: #f4f0db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 52.239,
    "l": 86.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93118,
    "c": 0.03874,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.80988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9CC

secondary

#939DCD

accent

#40C026

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9CC

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

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