#EFD994#EFD994

#EFD994 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.701; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.091 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD994
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 148)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 38.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.05, -1.98, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.05, 36.82, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.78% -0.0039 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(88.78% 0.091 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(65.7561, 70.1168, 38.0814)
Luminance	0.7012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD994 #94AAEF

analogous

#EFAB94 #EFD994 #D7EF94

triadic

#EFD994 #94EFD9 #D994EF

tetradic

#EFD994 #94EFAB #94AAEF #EF94D7

square

#EFD994 #94EFAB #94AAEF #EF94D7

split-complementary

#EFD994 #94D7EF #AB94EF

monochromatic

#DFB32A #E7C65F #EFD994 #F7ECC9 #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EFD994 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.02

#EFD994 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD994

15.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD994	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD994	1.00	1.40	15.02	15.02
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D68F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd994;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 148);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.091 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b4',
    500: '#efd994',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd994;
$custom-light: #f5e4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd994",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 148
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.495,
    "s": 73.984,
    "l": 75.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88777,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD994

secondary

#5C77CB

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD994

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

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