#EFD97E#EFD97E

#EFD97E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.114 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD97E
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 126)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 47.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.74, -4.21, 47.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.74, 47.53, 95.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.43% -0.0122 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(88.43% 0.114 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.1773, 69.4852, 29.7661)
Luminance	0.6948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD97E #7E94EF

analogous

#EFA17E #EFD97E #CCEF7E

triadic

#EFD97E #7EEFD9 #D97EEF

tetradic

#EFD97E #7EEFA1 #7E94EF #EF7ECC

square

#EFD97E #7EEFA1 #7E94EF #EF7ECC

split-complementary

#EFD97E #7ECCEF #A17EEF

monochromatic

#D8B31B #E8C948 #EFD97E #F6E9B4 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EFD97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD97E

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD97E	1.00	1.41	14.90	14.90
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.114 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a5',
    500: '#efd97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd97e;
$custom-light: #f6e4a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.319,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88431,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.69483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD97E

secondary

#4861C9

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD97E

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

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