#EFDB9F#EFDB9F

#EFDB9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.715; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.080 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDB9F
RGB	rgb(239, 219, 159)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(45, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.4%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.74, -1.74, 32.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.74, 32.10, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0025 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.08 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.1871, 71.5190, 43.0595)
Luminance	0.7152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDB9F #9FB3EF

analogous

#EFB39F #EFDB9F #DBEF9F

triadic

#EFDB9F #9FEFDB #DB9FEF

tetradic

#EFDB9F #9FEFB3 #9FB3EF #EF9FDB

square

#EFDB9F #9FEFB3 #9FB3EF #EF9FDB

split-complementary

#EFDB9F #9FDBEF #B39FEF

monochromatic

#DEB436 #E6C76B #EFDB9F #F8EFD3 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDB9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.30

#EFDB9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDB9F

15.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDB9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDB9F	1.00	1.37	15.30	15.30
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdb9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 219, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.080 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6bc',
    500: '#efdb9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdb9f;
$custom-light: #f5e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdb9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 219,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89373,
    "c": 0.08006,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDB9F

secondary

#6680CC

accent

#42D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDB9F

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

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