#EFECB3#EFECB3

#EFECB3 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.074 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECB3
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 179)
HSL	hsl(57, 65%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(57, 25%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 25.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.40, -7.82, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.40, 29.16, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.17% -0.0193 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(93.17% 0.074 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(73.7288, 81.5975, 54.5050)
Luminance	0.8160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECB3 #B3B6EF

analogous

#EFCEB3 #EFECB3 #D4EFB3

triadic

#EFECB3 #B3EFEC #ECB3EF

tetradic

#EFECB3 #B3EFCE #B3B6EF #EFB3D4

square

#EFECB3 #B3EFCE #B3B6EF #EFB3D4

split-complementary

#EFECB3 #B3D4EF #CEB3EF

monochromatic

#DAD34E #E4DF80 #EFECB3 #FAF9E6 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFECB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.32

#EFECB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECB3

17.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECB3	1.00	1.21	17.32	17.32
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E8AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F8EBB5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E4DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efecb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.074 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ca',
    500: '#efecb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efecb3;
$custom-light: #f4f2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efecb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 81.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9317,
    "c": 0.07353,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.81596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECB3

secondary

#797DCD

accent

#21CD18

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171613

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECB3

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

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