#EFEDA5#EFEDA5

#EFEDA5 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.816; OKLCH L 93.1% C 0.091 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEDA5
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 165)
HSL	hsl(58, 70%, 79%)
HSV	hsv(58, 31%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 31%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.41, -10.09, 35.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.41, 36.63, 105.99°)
OKLab	oklab(93.11% -0.0263 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(93.11% 0.091 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(72.6728, 81.6370, 47.5192)
Luminance	0.8164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEDA5 #A5A7EF

analogous

#EFC8A5 #EFEDA5 #CCEFA5

triadic

#EFEDA5 #A5EFED #EDA5EF

tetradic

#EFEDA5 #A5EFC8 #A5A7EF #EFA5CC

square

#EFEDA5 #A5EFC8 #A5A7EF #EFA5CC

split-complementary

#EFEDA5 #A5CCEF #C8A5EF

monochromatic

#DDD83D #E6E371 #EFEDA5 #F8F7D9 #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEDA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.33

#EFEDA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEDA5

17.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEDA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEDA5	1.00	1.21	17.33	17.33
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E7A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEBA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeda5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.1% 0.091 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2c0',
    500: '#efeda5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeda5;
$custom-light: #f5f2c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeda5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.378,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 79.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93105,
    "c": 0.09149,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.81636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEDA5

secondary

#6C6ECC

accent

#19D214

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEDA5

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

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