#EFE9CD#EFE9CD

#EFE9CD is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.810; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.037 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9CD
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 205)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 14.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.15, -2.57, 14.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.15, 14.57, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(93.14% -0.0046 0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(93.14% 0.037 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(75.7541, 81.0372, 69.3968)
Luminance	0.8104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9CD #CDD3EF

analogous

#EFD8CD #EFE9CD #E4EFCD

triadic

#EFE9CD #CDEFE9 #E9CDEF

tetradic

#EFE9CD #CDEFD8 #CDD3EF #EFCDE4

square

#EFE9CD #CDEFD8 #CDD3EF #EFCDE4

split-complementary

#EFE9CD #CDE4EF #D8CDEF

monochromatic

#D1C070 #E0D59F #EFE9CD #F8F5E8 #F8F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.21

#EFE9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9CD

17.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9CD	1.00	1.22	17.21	17.21
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E9CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.037 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0dc',
    500: '#efe9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9cd;
$custom-light: #f4f0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 51.515,
    "l": 87.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93141,
    "c": 0.03747,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9CD

secondary

#949ECD

accent

#41BF27

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9CD

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

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