#EFD98F#EFD98F

#EFD98F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.700; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.096 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD98F
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 143)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(46, 40%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 40.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.98, -2.52, 39.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.98, 39.28, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0058 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.096 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.3689, 69.9619, 36.0419)
Luminance	0.6996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD98F #8FA5EF

analogous

#EFA98F #EFD98F #D5EF8F

triadic

#EFD98F #8FEFD9 #D98FEF

tetradic

#EFD98F #8FEFA9 #8FA5EF #EF8FD5

square

#EFD98F #8FEFA9 #8FA5EF #EF8FD5

split-complementary

#EFD98F #8FD5EF #A98FEF

monochromatic

#E0B524 #E7C759 #EFD98F #F7EBC5 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EFD98F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.99

#EFD98F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD98F

14.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD98F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD98F	1.00	1.40	14.99	14.99
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D68A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDD92

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCEC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd98f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.096 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4b0',
    500: '#efd98f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd98f;
$custom-light: #f6e4b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd98f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 74.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88692,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD98F

secondary

#5772CB

accent

#3CD70E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD98F

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

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