#EFEDA9#EFEDA9

#EFEDA9 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.818; OKLCH L 93.2% C 0.087 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEDA9
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 169)
HSL	hsl(58, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 29.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.48, -9.60, 33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.48, 34.64, 106.09°)
OKLab	oklab(93.18% -0.0247 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(93.18% 0.087 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(73.0426, 81.7849, 49.4667)
Luminance	0.8178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEDA9 #A9ABEF

analogous

#EFCAA9 #EFEDA9 #CEEFA9

triadic

#EFEDA9 #A9EFED #EDA9EF

tetradic

#EFEDA9 #A9EFCA #A9ABEF #EFA9CE

square

#EFEDA9 #A9EFCA #A9ABEF #EFA9CE

split-complementary

#EFEDA9 #A9CEEF #CAA9EF

monochromatic

#DCD742 #E5E275 #EFEDA9 #F9F8DD #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#EFEDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.36

#EFEDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEDA9

17.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEDA9	1.00	1.21	17.36	17.36
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E8A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FAEBAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E4DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.2% 0.087 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f2c3',
    500: '#efeda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeda9;
$custom-light: #f5f2c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 80
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93179,
    "c": 0.08676,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEDA9

secondary

#7072CD

accent

#1AD115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEDA9

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

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