#EFD96C#EFD96C

#EFD96C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.132 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96C
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 108)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.53, -5.74, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.53, 55.95, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(88.2% -0.0185 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(88.2% 0.132 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.1185, 69.0617, 24.1900)
Luminance	0.6906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96C #6C82EF

analogous

#EF986C #EFD96C #C3EF6C

triadic

#EFD96C #6CEFD9 #D96CEF

tetradic

#EFD96C #6CEF98 #6C82EF #EF6CC3

square

#EFD96C #6CEF98 #6C82EF #EF6CC3

split-complementary

#EFD96C #6CC3EF #986CEF

monochromatic

#CBAC16 #E9CB35 #EFD96C #F5E7A3 #FBF6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.81

#EFD96C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96C

14.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96C	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)

#EBD462

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.132 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e499',
    500: '#efd96c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96c;
$custom-light: #f7e499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88197,
    "c": 0.13156,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96C

secondary

#3850C7

accent

#2CDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96C

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

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