#EFECA8#EFECA8

#EFECA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.087 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECA8
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 168)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 29.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.21, -9.23, 33.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.21, 34.68, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(92.96% -0.0237 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(92.96% 0.087 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.6604, 81.1701, 48.8779)
Luminance	0.8117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECA8 #A8ABEF

analogous

#EFC9A8 #EFECA8 #CEEFA8

triadic

#EFECA8 #A8EFEC #ECA8EF

tetradic

#EFECA8 #A8EFC9 #A8ABEF #EFA8CE

square

#EFECA8 #A8EFC9 #A8ABEF #EFA8CE

split-complementary

#EFECA8 #A8CEEF #C9A8EF

monochromatic

#DCD541 #E5E174 #EFECA8 #F9F7DC #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFECA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.23

#EFECA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECA8

17.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECA8	1.00	1.22	17.23	17.23
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E7A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9EAAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.087 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2c2',
    500: '#efeca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeca8;
$custom-light: #f5f2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.465,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92957,
    "c": 0.08678,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECA8

secondary

#6F73CD

accent

#1DD115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECA8

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

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