#EFD996#EFD996

#EFD996 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.089 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD996
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.09, -1.76, 35.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.09, 35.84, 92.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.81% -0.0031 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(88.81% 0.089 92)
XYZ	xyz(65.9158, 70.1807, 38.9223)
Luminance	0.7018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD996 #96ACEF

analogous

#EFAD96 #EFD996 #D9EF96

triadic

#EFD996 #96EFD9 #D996EF

tetradic

#EFD996 #96EFAD #96ACEF #EF96D9

square

#EFD996 #96EFAD #96ACEF #EF96D9

split-complementary

#EFD996 #96D9EF #AD96EF

monochromatic

#DFB32C #E7C661 #EFD996 #F7ECCB #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EFD996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#EFD996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD996

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD996	1.00	1.40	15.04	15.04
#FFFFFF	1.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D691

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.089 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b5',
    500: '#efd996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd996;
$custom-light: #f5e4b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.169,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88812,
    "c": 0.08856,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.70178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD996

secondary

#5E79CB

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD996

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

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