#EFECA9#EFECA9

#EFECA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.812; OKLCH L 93.0% C 0.086 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECA9
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 169)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(57, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.22, -9.10, 32.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.22, 34.18, 105.45°)
OKLab	oklab(92.98% -0.0233 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(92.98% 0.086 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(72.7539, 81.2075, 49.3704)
Luminance	0.8121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECA9 #A9ACEF

analogous

#EFC9A9 #EFECA9 #CFEFA9

triadic

#EFECA9 #A9EFEC #ECA9EF

tetradic

#EFECA9 #A9EFC9 #A9ACEF #EFA9CF

square

#EFECA9 #A9EFC9 #A9ACEF #EFA9CF

split-complementary

#EFECA9 #A9CFEF #C9A9EF

monochromatic

#DCD542 #E5E175 #EFECA9 #F9F7DD #FAF9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.22

#EFECA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.24

#EFECA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECA9

17.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECA9	1.00	1.22	17.24	17.24
#FFFFFF	1.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F7E7A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9EAAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E3DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.0% 0.086 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2c3',
    500: '#efeca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeca9;
$custom-light: #f5f2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92976,
    "c": 0.0856,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECA9

secondary

#7074CD

accent

#1DD115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171612

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECA9

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

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