#EFD96E#EFD96E

#EFD96E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.130 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96E
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 110)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 54%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.56, -5.58, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.56, 55.03, 95.82°)
OKLab	oklab(88.22% -0.0179 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(88.22% 0.13 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.2262, 69.1048, 24.7570)
Luminance	0.6910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96E #6E84EF

analogous

#EF986E #EFD96E #C5EF6E

triadic

#EFD96E #6EEFD9 #D96EEF

tetradic

#EFD96E #6EEF98 #6E84EF #EF6EC5

square

#EFD96E #6EEF98 #6E84EF #EF6EC5

split-complementary

#EFD96E #6EC5EF #986EEF

monochromatic

#CCAD17 #E9CB37 #EFD96E #F5E7A5 #FBF6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EFD96E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96E

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96E	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)

#EBD464

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.130 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e49a',
    500: '#efd96e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96e;
$custom-light: #f7e49a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88221,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96E

secondary

#3A52C7

accent

#2DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96E

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

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