#EFEC9E#EFEC9E

#EFEC9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.808; OKLCH L 92.8% C 0.098 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC9E
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 158)
HSL	hsl(58, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(58, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.05, -10.43, 38.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.05, 39.64, 105.25°)
OKLab	oklab(92.78% -0.0276 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(92.78% 0.098 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(71.7643, 80.8117, 44.1589)
Luminance	0.8081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC9E #9EA1EF

analogous

#EFC39E #EFEC9E #C9EF9E

triadic

#EFEC9E #9EEFEC #EC9EEF

tetradic

#EFEC9E #9EEFC3 #9EA1EF #EF9EC9

square

#EFEC9E #9EEFC3 #9EA1EF #EF9EC9

split-complementary

#EFEC9E #9EC9EF #C39EEF

monochromatic

#DED735 #E6E269 #EFEC9E #F8F6D3 #FBFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFEC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.16

#EFEC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC9E

17.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC9E	1.00	1.22	17.16	17.16
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBEAA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAE2D8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E8E8E8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.8% 0.098 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2bb',
    500: '#efec9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec9e;
$custom-light: #f5f2bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92779,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.8081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC9E

secondary

#6569CC

accent

#19D412

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF8

border

#D6D6D1

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC9E

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

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