#EFEA9F#EFEA9F

#EFEA9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.095 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEA9F
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 159)
HSL	hsl(56, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(56, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.55, -9.31, 37.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.55, 38.25, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.39% -0.0244 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(92.39% 0.095 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(71.2782, 79.7011, 44.4232)
Luminance	0.7970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEA9F #9FA4EF

analogous

#EFC29F #EFEA9F #CCEF9F

triadic

#EFEA9F #9FEFEA #EA9FEF

tetradic

#EFEA9F #9FEFC2 #9FA4EF #EF9FCC

square

#EFEA9F #9FEFC2 #9FA4EF #EF9FCC

split-complementary

#EFEA9F #9FCCEF #C29FEF

monochromatic

#DED336 #E6DF6B #EFEA9F #F8F5D3 #FBF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEA9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EFEA9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEA9F

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEA9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEA9F	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efea9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.095 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0bc',
    500: '#efea9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efea9f;
$custom-light: #f5f0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efea9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92389,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEA9F

secondary

#666DCC

accent

#1ED312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEA9F

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

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