#EFEEA8#EFEEA8

#EFEEA8 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.823; OKLCH L 93.4% C 0.089 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEEA8
RGB	rgb(239, 238, 168)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 80%)
HSV	hsv(59, 30%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.4%, 29.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.72, -10.22, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.72, 35.61, 106.69°)
OKLab	oklab(93.36% -0.0265 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(93.36% 0.089 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(73.2394, 82.3282, 49.0709)
Luminance	0.8233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEEA8 #A8A9EF

analogous

#EFCBA8 #EFEEA8 #CDEFA8

triadic

#EFEEA8 #A8EFEE #EEA8EF

tetradic

#EFEEA8 #A8EFCB #A8A9EF #EFA8CD

square

#EFEEA8 #A8EFCB #A8A9EF #EFA8CD

split-complementary

#EFEEA8 #A8CDEF #CBA8EF

monochromatic

#DCDA41 #E5E474 #EFEEA8 #F9F8DC #FAFAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.20

#EFEEA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.47

#EFEEA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEEA8

17.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEEA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEEA8	1.00	1.20	17.47	17.47
#FFFFFF	1.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E8A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBECAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9E5DC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#EAEAEA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efeea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 238, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(93.4% 0.089 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5f3c2',
    500: '#efeea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efeea8;
$custom-light: #f5f3c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efeea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 238,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.155,
    "s": 68.932,
    "l": 79.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.93363,
    "c": 0.08914,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.82327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEEA8

secondary

#6F70CD

accent

#17D115

background

#FFFFFD

surface

#FEFEF9

border

#D6D6D2

text

#171712

muted

#858582

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEEA8

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

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