#EFEB9F#EFEB9F

#EFEB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.6% C 0.096 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEB9F
RGB	rgb(239, 235, 159)
HSL	hsl(57, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(57, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.7%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.81, -9.81, 37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.81, 38.70, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.59% -0.0258 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(92.59% 0.096 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(71.5637, 80.2720, 44.5184)
Luminance	0.8027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEB9F #9FA3EF

analogous

#EFC39F #EFEB9F #CBEF9F

triadic

#EFEB9F #9FEFEB #EB9FEF

tetradic

#EFEB9F #9FEFC3 #9FA3EF #EF9FCB

square

#EFEB9F #9FEFC3 #9FA3EF #EF9FCB

split-complementary

#EFEB9F #9FCBEF #C39FEF

monochromatic

#DED536 #E6E06B #EFEB9F #F8F6D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFEB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.05

#EFEB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEB9F

17.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEB9F	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)

#F8E59A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAE9A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 235, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.6% 0.096 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f1bc',
    500: '#efeb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeb9f;
$custom-light: #f5f1bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 235,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92592,
    "c": 0.09616,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.80271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEB9F

secondary

#666BCC

accent

#1CD312

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEB9F

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

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