#EFEB9D#EFEB9D

#EFEB9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.098 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEB9D
RGB	rgb(239, 235, 157)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.78, -10.05, 38.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.78, 39.69, 104.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.56% -0.0266 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(92.56% 0.098 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(71.3915, 80.2032, 43.6117)
Luminance	0.8020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEB9D #9DA1EF

analogous

#EFC29D #EFEB9D #CAEF9D

triadic

#EFEB9D #9DEFEB #EB9DEF

tetradic

#EFEB9D #9DEFC2 #9DA1EF #EF9DCA

square

#EFEB9D #9DEFC2 #9DA1EF #EF9DCA

split-complementary

#EFEB9D #9DCAEF #C29DEF

monochromatic

#DED634 #E6E068 #EFEB9D #F8F6D2 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEB9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.04

#EFEB9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEB9D

17.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEB9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEB9D	1.00	1.23	17.04	17.04
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E597

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeb9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 235, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.098 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1ba',
    500: '#efeb9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeb9d;
$custom-light: #f5f1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeb9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92558,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.80202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEB9D

secondary

#6469CC

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEB9D

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

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