#EFD987#EFD987

#EFD987 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.697; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.105 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD987
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 135)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(47, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 43.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.86, -3.35, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.86, 43.19, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(88.56% -0.0089 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(88.56% 0.105 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.7843, 69.7281, 32.9633)
Luminance	0.6973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD987 #879DEF

analogous

#EFA587 #EFD987 #D1EF87

triadic

#EFD987 #87EFD9 #D987EF

tetradic

#EFD987 #87EFA5 #879DEF #EF87D1

square

#EFD987 #87EFA5 #879DEF #EF87D1

split-complementary

#EFD987 #87D1EF #A587EF

monochromatic

#DEB51E #E8C851 #EFD987 #F6EABD #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.95

#EFD987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD987

14.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD987	1.00	1.41	14.95	14.95
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.105 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4ab',
    500: '#efd987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd987;
$custom-light: #f6e4ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.308,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88564,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD987

secondary

#506ACA

accent

#38D90D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD987

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

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