#EFD986#EFD986

#EFD986 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.5% C 0.106 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD986
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 134)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 43.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.85, -3.45, 43.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.85, 43.67, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(88.55% -0.0092 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(88.55% 0.106 95)
XYZ	xyz(64.7143, 69.7000, 32.5942)
Luminance	0.6970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD986 #869CEF

analogous

#EFA486 #EFD986 #D0EF86

triadic

#EFD986 #86EFD9 #D986EF

tetradic

#EFD986 #86EFA4 #869CEF #EF86D0

square

#EFD986 #86EFA4 #869CEF #EF86D0

split-complementary

#EFD986 #86D0EF #A486EF

monochromatic

#DDB51D #E8C850 #EFD986 #F6EABC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.94

#EFD986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD986

14.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD986	1.00	1.41	14.94	14.94
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDD89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.5% 0.106 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4aa',
    500: '#efd986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd986;
$custom-light: #f6e4aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.429,
    "s": 76.642,
    "l": 73.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88549,
    "c": 0.10594,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.69698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD986

secondary

#4F69CA

accent

#37D90D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD986

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

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