#EFEA9C#EFEA9C

#EFEA9C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.3% C 0.098 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA9C
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(56, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -9.66, 38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 39.73, 104.07°)
OKLab	oklab(92.34% -0.0255 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(92.34% 0.098 105)
XYZ	xyz(71.0210, 79.5982, 43.0688)
Luminance	0.7960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA9C #9CA1EF

analogous

#EFC19C #EFEA9C #CAEF9C

triadic

#EFEA9C #9CEFEA #EA9CEF

tetradic

#EFEA9C #9CEFC1 #9CA1EF #EF9CCA

square

#EFEA9C #9CEFC1 #9CA1EF #EF9CCA

split-complementary

#EFEA9C #9CCAEF #C19CEF

monochromatic

#DED433 #E6DF67 #EFEA9C #F8F5D1 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EFEA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA9C

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA9C	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E89F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.3% 0.098 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0ba',
    500: '#efea9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea9c;
$custom-light: #f5f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92337,
    "c": 0.09848,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.79597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA9C

secondary

#636ACC

accent

#1DD411

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171611

muted

#858581

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA9C

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

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