#EFD97D#EFD97D

#EFD97D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.115 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD97D
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 125)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 47.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.73, -4.30, 47.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.73, 48.01, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.42% -0.0126 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(88.42% 0.115 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.1131, 69.4596, 29.4279)
Luminance	0.6946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD97D #7D93EF

analogous

#EFA07D #EFD97D #CCEF7D

triadic

#EFD97D #7DEFD9 #D97DEF

tetradic

#EFD97D #7DEFA0 #7D93EF #EF7DCC

square

#EFD97D #7DEFA0 #7D93EF #EF7DCC

split-complementary

#EFD97D #7DCCEF #A07DEF

monochromatic

#D7B31A #E8C947 #EFD97D #F6E9B3 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.89

#EFD97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD97D

14.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD97D	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)

#EAD575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.115 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a4',
    500: '#efd97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd97d;
$custom-light: #f6e4a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.421,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88416,
    "c": 0.11524,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD97D

secondary

#4760C9

accent

#33DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD97D

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

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