#EFD96A#EFD96A

#EFD96A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.133 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96A
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.51, -5.89, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.51, 56.85, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% -0.0192 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.133 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.0133, 69.0197, 23.6358)
Luminance	0.6902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96A #6A80EF

analogous

#EF966A #EFD96A #C3EF6A

triadic

#EFD96A #6AEFD9 #D96AEF

tetradic

#EFD96A #6AEF96 #6A80EF #EF6AC3

square

#EFD96A #6AEF96 #6A80EF #EF6AC3

split-complementary

#EFD96A #6AC3EF #966AEF

monochromatic

#C9AB16 #E9CB33 #EFD96A #F5E7A1 #FBF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EFD96A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96A

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96A	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.133 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e498',
    500: '#efd96a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96a;
$custom-light: #f7e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.075,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88174,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96A

secondary

#374FC6

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96A

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

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