#EFD96D#EFD96D

#EFD96D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.131 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96D
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.55, -5.66, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.55, 55.49, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(88.21% -0.0182 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(88.21% 0.131 98)
XYZ	xyz(63.1720, 69.0832, 24.4719)
Luminance	0.6908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96D #6D83EF

analogous

#EF986D #EFD96D #C4EF6D

triadic

#EFD96D #6DEFD9 #D96DEF

tetradic

#EFD96D #6DEF98 #6D83EF #EF6DC4

square

#EFD96D #6DEF98 #6D83EF #EF6DC4

split-complementary

#EFD96D #6DC4EF #986DEF

monochromatic

#CBAD16 #E9CB36 #EFD96D #F5E7A4 #FBF6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EFD96D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96D

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96D	1.00	1.42	14.82	14.82
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD463

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC72

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.131 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e49a',
    500: '#efd96d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96d;
$custom-light: #f7e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88209,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.69081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96D

secondary

#3951C7

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96D

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

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