#EFDB8B#EFDB8B

#EFDB8B is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.102 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDB8B
RGB	rgb(239, 219, 139)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(48, 42%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 41.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -3.96, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 41.97, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(89.03% -0.0103 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(89.03% 0.102 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.5899, 70.8801, 34.6473)
Luminance	0.7088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDB8B #8B9FEF

analogous

#EFA98B #EFDB8B #D1EF8B

triadic

#EFDB8B #8BEFDB #DB8BEF

tetradic

#EFDB8B #8BEFA9 #8B9FEF #EF8BD1

square

#EFDB8B #8BEFA9 #8B9FEF #EF8BD1

split-complementary

#EFDB8B #8BD1EF #A98BEF

monochromatic

#E0BA1F #E8CA55 #EFDB8B #F6ECC1 #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDB8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EFDB8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDB8B

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDB8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDB8B	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD785

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DE8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD0C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdb8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 219, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.102 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6ae',
    500: '#efdb8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdb8b;
$custom-light: #f6e6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdb8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 74.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89027,
    "c": 0.10235,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDB8B

secondary

#546BCA

accent

#36D80E

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDB8B

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

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