#EFD997#EFD997

#EFD997 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.702; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.087 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD997
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 151)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(45, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.10, -1.65, 35.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.10, 35.34, 92.67°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0027 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.087 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9966, 70.2130, 39.3482)
Luminance	0.7021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD997 #97ADEF

analogous

#EFAD97 #EFD997 #D9EF97

triadic

#EFD997 #97EFD9 #D997EF

tetradic

#EFD997 #97EFAD #97ADEF #EF97D9

square

#EFD997 #97EFAD #97ADEF #EF97D9

split-complementary

#EFD997 #97D9EF #AD97EF

monochromatic

#DFB22D #E7C662 #EFD997 #F7ECCC #FBF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.40

#EFD997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.04

#EFD997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD997

15.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD997	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)

#E7D692

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDD99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.087 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b6',
    500: '#efd997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd997;
$custom-light: #f5e4b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88829,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD997

secondary

#5F7ACB

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD997

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

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