#EFEB9E#EFEB9E

#EFEB9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.802; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.097 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEB9E
RGB	rgb(239, 235, 158)
HSL	hsl(57, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.79, -9.93, 37.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.79, 39.19, 104.68°)
OKLab	oklab(92.58% -0.0262 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(92.58% 0.097 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.4772, 80.2375, 44.0632)
Luminance	0.8024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEB9E #9EA2EF

analogous

#EFC29E #EFEB9E #CAEF9E

triadic

#EFEB9E #9EEFEB #EB9EEF

tetradic

#EFEB9E #9EEFC2 #9EA2EF #EF9ECA

square

#EFEB9E #9EEFC2 #9EA2EF #EF9ECA

split-complementary

#EFEB9E #9ECAEF #C29EEF

monochromatic

#DED535 #E6E069 #EFEB9E #F8F6D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEB9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EFEB9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEB9E

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEB9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEB9E	1.00	1.23	17.05	17.05
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE1D7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeb9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 235, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.097 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1bb',
    500: '#efeb9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeb9e;
$custom-light: #f5f1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeb9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92575,
    "c": 0.09731,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEB9E

secondary

#656ACC

accent

#1BD412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEB9E

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

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