#EFD96B#EFD96B

#EFD96B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.132 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96B
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 107)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.52, -5.81, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.52, 56.40, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.19% -0.0189 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(88.19% 0.132 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0656, 69.0406, 23.9113)
Luminance	0.6904 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96B #6B81EF

analogous

#EF976B #EFD96B #C3EF6B

triadic

#EFD96B #6BEFD9 #D96BEF

tetradic

#EFD96B #6BEF97 #6B81EF #EF6BC3

square

#EFD96B #6BEF97 #6B81EF #EF6BC3

split-complementary

#EFD96B #6BC3EF #976BEF

monochromatic

#CAAC16 #E9CB34 #EFD96B #F5E7A2 #FBF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EFD96B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96B

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96B	1.00	1.42	14.81	14.81
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.132 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e498',
    500: '#efd96b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96b;
$custom-light: #f7e498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88186,
    "c": 0.13246,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.69038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96B

secondary

#374FC7

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96B

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

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