#EFEA9B#EFEA9B

#EFEA9B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.100 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA9B
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 35.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -9.78, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 40.23, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.32% -0.0259 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(92.32% 0.1 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(70.9367, 79.5645, 42.6247)
Luminance	0.7956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA9B #9BA0EF

analogous

#EFC09B #EFEA9B #CAEF9B

triadic

#EFEA9B #9BEFEA #EA9BEF

tetradic

#EFEA9B #9BEFC0 #9BA0EF #EF9BCA

square

#EFEA9B #9BEFC0 #9BA0EF #EF9BCA

split-complementary

#EFEA9B #9BCAEF #C09BEF

monochromatic

#DED431 #E7DF66 #EFEA9B #F7F5D0 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EFEA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA9B

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA9B	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.100 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0b9',
    500: '#efea9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea9b;
$custom-light: #f5f0b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 77.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9232,
    "c": 0.09961,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.79563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA9B

secondary

#6269CC

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FFFEF8

border

#D7D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA9B

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

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