#EFE9CE#EFE9CE

#EFE9CE is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.811; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.036 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE9CE
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 206)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 87%)
HSV	hsv(49, 14%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 13.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.17, -2.42, 13.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.17, 14.07, 99.91°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.0042 0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.036 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(75.8752, 81.0856, 70.0345)
Luminance	0.8108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE9CE #CED4EF

analogous

#EFD9CE #EFE9CE #E5EFCE

triadic

#EFE9CE #CEEFE9 #E9CEEF

tetradic

#EFE9CE #CEEFD9 #CED4EF #EFCEE5

square

#EFE9CE #CEEFD9 #CED4EF #EFCEE5

split-complementary

#EFE9CE #CEE5EF #D9CEEF

monochromatic

#D1C072 #E0D4A0 #EFE9CE #F7F5E8 #F7F5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFE9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.22

#EFE9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE9CE

17.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE9CE	1.00	1.22	17.22	17.22
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFE7CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1EACF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E5E1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.036 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f0dd',
    500: '#efe9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe9ce;
$custom-light: #f4f0dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 50.769,
    "l": 87.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93166,
    "c": 0.03619,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE9CE

secondary

#959FCC

accent

#43BE27

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFC

border

#D6D6D5

text

#171615

muted

#858584

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE9CE

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

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