#EFD98A#EFD98A

#EFD98A is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.698; OKLCH L 88.6% C 0.102 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD98A
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 138)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(47, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 42.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.91, -3.05, 41.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.91, 41.73, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.61% -0.0077 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(88.61% 0.102 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.9985, 69.8137, 34.0914)
Luminance	0.6981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD98A #8AA0EF

analogous

#EFA78A #EFD98A #D3EF8A

triadic

#EFD98A #8AEFD9 #D98AEF

tetradic

#EFD98A #8AEFA7 #8AA0EF #EF8AD3

square

#EFD98A #8AEFA7 #8AA0EF #EF8AD3

split-complementary

#EFD98A #8AD3EF #A78AEF

monochromatic

#E0B61F #E8C854 #EFD98A #F6EAC0 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EFD98A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.96

#EFD98A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD98A

14.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD98A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD98A	1.00	1.40	14.96	14.96
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd98a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.6% 0.102 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4ad',
    500: '#efd98a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd98a;
$custom-light: #f6e4ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd98a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.931,
    "s": 75.94,
    "l": 73.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88611,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.69811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD98A

secondary

#536DCA

accent

#3AD80D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD98A

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

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