#EFD97A#EFD97A

#EFD97A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.118 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD97A
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 122)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 49%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.69, -4.57, 49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.69, 49.43, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(88.38% -0.0137 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(88.38% 0.118 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(63.9243, 69.3841, 28.4338)
Luminance	0.6938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD97A #7A90EF

analogous

#EF9E7A #EFD97A #CAEF7A

triadic

#EFD97A #7AEFD9 #D97AEF

tetradic

#EFD97A #7AEF9E #7A90EF #EF7ACA

square

#EFD97A #7AEF9E #7A90EF #EF7ACA

split-complementary

#EFD97A #7ACAEF #9E7AEF

monochromatic

#D5B21A #E8C943 #EFD97A #F6E9B1 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.88

#EFD97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD97A

14.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD97A	1.00	1.41	14.88	14.88
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD572

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.118 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a2',
    500: '#efd97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd97a;
$custom-light: #f6e4a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.718,
    "s": 78.523,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88375,
    "c": 0.11824,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.69382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD97A

secondary

#445DC9

accent

#32DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD97A

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

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