#EFECB9#EFECB9

#EFECB9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.3% C 0.066 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECB9
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 185)
HSL	hsl(57, 63%, 83%)
HSV	hsv(57, 23%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 22.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.51, -7.00, 25.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.51, 26.12, 105.55°)
OKLab	oklab(93.29% -0.0169 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(93.29% 0.066 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(74.3488, 81.8455, 57.7706)
Luminance	0.8184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECB9 #B9BCEF

analogous

#EFD1B9 #EFECB9 #D7EFB9

triadic

#EFECB9 #B9EFEC #ECB9EF

tetradic

#EFECB9 #B9EFD1 #B9BCEF #EFB9D7

square

#EFECB9 #B9EFD1 #B9BCEF #EFB9D7

split-complementary

#EFECB9 #B9D7EF #D1B9EF

monochromatic

#D8D155 #E4DE87 #EFECB9 #F9F8E6 #F9F8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFECB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.37

#EFECB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECB9

17.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECB9	1.00	1.21	17.37	17.37
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5E8B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7EBBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E5DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efecb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.3% 0.066 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2ce',
    500: '#efecb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efecb9;
$custom-light: #f4f2ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efecb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 83.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93292,
    "c": 0.06614,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.81844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECB9

secondary

#7F83CD

accent

#25CB1B

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171613

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECB9

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

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