#EFECC9#EFECC9

#EFECC9 is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.826; OKLCH L 93.6% C 0.046 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFECC9
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 201)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 86%)
HSV	hsv(55, 16%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 15.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.82, -4.70, 17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.82, 17.99, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(93.65% -0.0105 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(93.65% 0.046 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(76.1339, 82.5595, 67.1718)
Luminance	0.8256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFECC9 #C9CCEF

analogous

#EFD9C9 #EFECC9 #DFEFC9

triadic

#EFECC9 #C9EFEC #ECC9EF

tetradic

#EFECC9 #C9EFD9 #C9CCEF #EFC9DF

square

#EFECC9 #C9EFD9 #C9CCEF #EFC9DF

split-complementary

#EFECC9 #C9DFEF #D9C9EF

monochromatic

#D3CB6B #E1DB9A #EFECC9 #F8F7E7 #F8F7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFECC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.51

#EFECC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFECC9

17.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFECC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFECC9	1.00	1.20	17.51	17.51
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3E9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4EBCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5E7E2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efecc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.6% 0.046 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4f2d9',
    500: '#efecc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efecc9;
$custom-light: #f4f2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efecc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 86.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93645,
    "c": 0.04598,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.82559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFECC9

secondary

#8F94CD

accent

#30C224

background

#FFFFFE

surface

#FEFEFB

border

#D6D6D4

text

#171614

muted

#858583

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFECC9

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

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