#EFEAA5#EFEAA5

#EFEAA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.799; OKLCH L 92.5% C 0.088 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEAA5
RGB	rgb(239, 234, 165)
HSL	hsl(56, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(56, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 31%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.65, -8.60, 34.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.65, 35.26, 104.11°)
OKLab	oklab(92.5% -0.022 0.0852)
OKLCH	oklch(92.5% 0.088 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(71.8115, 79.9144, 47.2321)
Luminance	0.7991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEAA5 #A5AAEF

analogous

#EFC5A5 #EFEAA5 #CFEFA5

triadic

#EFEAA5 #A5EFEA #EAA5EF

tetradic

#EFEAA5 #A5EFC5 #A5AAEF #EFA5CF

square

#EFEAA5 #A5EFC5 #A5AAEF #EFA5CF

split-complementary

#EFEAA5 #A5CFEF #C5A5EF

monochromatic

#DDD23D #E6DE71 #EFEAA5 #F8F6D9 #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEAA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.98

#EFEAA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEAA5

16.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEAA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEAA5	1.00	1.24	16.98	16.98
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E5A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8E9A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeaa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 234, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.5% 0.088 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f0c0',
    500: '#efeaa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeaa5;
$custom-light: #f5f0c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeaa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 234,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92497,
    "c": 0.08802,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEAA5

secondary

#6C72CC

accent

#21D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEAA5

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

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