#EFD96F#EFD96F

#EFD96F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.691; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD96F
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 111)
HSL	hsl(50, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 53.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.57, -5.50, 54.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.57, 54.58, 95.78°)
OKLab	oklab(88.23% -0.0175 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(88.23% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2809, 69.1267, 25.0453)
Luminance	0.6912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD96F #6F85EF

analogous

#EF996F #EFD96F #C5EF6F

triadic

#EFD96F #6FEFD9 #D96FEF

tetradic

#EFD96F #6FEF99 #6F85EF #EF6FC5

square

#EFD96F #6FEF99 #6F85EF #EF6FC5

split-complementary

#EFD96F #6FC5EF #996FEF

monochromatic

#CDAE17 #E9CA38 #EFD96F #F5E8A6 #FBF6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD96F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.82

#EFD96F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD96F

14.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD96F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD96F	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)

#EBD465

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd96f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e49b',
    500: '#efd96f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd96f;
$custom-light: #f7e49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd96f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88233,
    "c": 0.12881,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.69124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD96F

secondary

#3B53C8

accent

#2DDC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD96F

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

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