#EFECB5#EFECB5

#EFECB5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.071 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECB5
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 181)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 82%)
HSV	hsv(57, 24%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 24.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.43, -7.55, 27.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.43, 28.15, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(93.21% -0.0185 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(93.21% 0.071 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(73.9325, 81.6790, 55.5780)
Luminance	0.8168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECB5 #B5B8EF

analogous

#EFCFB5 #EFECB5 #D5EFB5

triadic

#EFECB5 #B5EFEC #ECB5EF

tetradic

#EFECB5 #B5EFCF #B5B8EF #EFB5D5

square

#EFECB5 #B5EFCF #B5B8EF #EFB5D5

split-complementary

#EFECB5 #B5D5EF #CFB5EF

monochromatic

#D9D250 #E4DF83 #EFECB5 #FAF9E6 #FAF9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFECB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#EFECB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECB5

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECB5	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F6E8B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EBB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8E5DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efecb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.071 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2cb',
    500: '#efecb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efecb5;
$custom-light: #f4f2cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efecb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 64.444,
    "l": 82.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9321,
    "c": 0.07107,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.81678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECB5

secondary

#7B7FCD

accent

#23CC19

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFA

border

#D6D6D3

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECB5

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

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