#EFD97C#EFD97C

#EFD97C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.694; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.116 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD97C
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 124)
HSL	hsl(49, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(49, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 48.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.72, -4.39, 48.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.72, 48.48, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.4% -0.0129 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(88.4% 0.116 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.0495, 69.4341, 29.0932)
Luminance	0.6943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD97C #7C92EF

analogous

#EF9F7C #EFD97C #CBEF7C

triadic

#EFD97C #7CEFD9 #D97CEF

tetradic

#EFD97C #7CEF9F #7C92EF #EF7CCB

square

#EFD97C #7CEF9F #7C92EF #EF7CCB

split-complementary

#EFD97C #7CCBEF #9F7CEF

monochromatic

#D6B21A #E8C945 #EFD97C #F6E9B3 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#EFD97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD97C

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD97C	1.00	1.41	14.89	14.89
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD574

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC80

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.116 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a4',
    500: '#efd97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd97c;
$custom-light: #f6e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 78.231,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88402,
    "c": 0.11624,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD97C

secondary

#465FC9

accent

#33DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD97C

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

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