#EFEA9E#EFEA9E

#EFEA9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.096 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA9E
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 158)
HSL	hsl(56, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.53, -9.43, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.53, 38.74, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(92.37% -0.0247 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(92.37% 0.096 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.1917, 79.6665, 43.9680)
Luminance	0.7966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA9E #9EA3EF

analogous

#EFC19E #EFEA9E #CCEF9E

triadic

#EFEA9E #9EEFEA #EA9EEF

tetradic

#EFEA9E #9EEFC1 #9EA3EF #EF9ECC

square

#EFEA9E #9EEFC1 #9EA3EF #EF9ECC

split-complementary

#EFEA9E #9ECCEF #C19EEF

monochromatic

#DED335 #E6DF69 #EFEA9E #F8F5D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.93

#EFEA9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA9E

16.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA9E	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)

#F7E599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE0D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.096 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0bb',
    500: '#efea9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea9e;
$custom-light: #f5f0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92372,
    "c": 0.09618,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.79665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA9E

secondary

#656CCC

accent

#1ED412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA9E

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

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