#EFEA9D#EFEA9D

#EFEA9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.097 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA9D
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 157)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.52, -9.55, 38.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.52, 39.24, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(92.36% -0.0251 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(92.36% 0.097 105)
XYZ	xyz(71.1060, 79.6322, 43.5166)
Luminance	0.7963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA9D #9DA2EF

analogous

#EFC19D #EFEA9D #CBEF9D

triadic

#EFEA9D #9DEFEA #EA9DEF

tetradic

#EFEA9D #9DEFC1 #9DA2EF #EF9DCB

square

#EFEA9D #9DEFC1 #9DA2EF #EF9DCB

split-complementary

#EFEA9D #9DCBEF #C19DEF

monochromatic

#DED334 #E6DF68 #EFEA9D #F8F5D2 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#EFEA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA9D

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA9D	1.00	1.24	16.93	16.93
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.097 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0ba',
    500: '#efea9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea9d;
$custom-light: #f5f0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92355,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.79631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA9D

secondary

#646BCC

accent

#1DD412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA9D

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

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