#EFD97F#EFD97F

#EFD97F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.695; OKLCH L 88.4% C 0.113 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD97F
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 127)
HSL	hsl(48, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 46.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.76, -4.12, 46.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.76, 47.05, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(88.45% -0.0118 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(88.45% 0.113 96)
XYZ	xyz(64.2421, 69.5112, 30.1076)
Luminance	0.6951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD97F #7F95EF

analogous

#EFA17F #EFD97F #CDEF7F

triadic

#EFD97F #7FEFD9 #D97FEF

tetradic

#EFD97F #7FEFA1 #7F95EF #EF7FCD

square

#EFD97F #7FEFA1 #7F95EF #EF7FCD

split-complementary

#EFD97F #7FCDEF #A17FEF

monochromatic

#D9B31B #E8C949 #EFD97F #F6E9B5 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.90

#EFD97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD97F

14.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD97F	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)

#E9D578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.4% 0.113 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a6',
    500: '#efd97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd97f;
$custom-light: #f6e4a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.214,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88445,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.69509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD97F

secondary

#4962C9

accent

#34DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD97F

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

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