#EFDC96#EFDC96

#EFDC96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.717; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.091 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC96
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.84, -3.29, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.84, 36.93, 95.11°)
OKLab	oklab(89.41% -0.0075 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(89.41% 0.091 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(66.6961, 71.7412, 39.1824)
Luminance	0.7174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC96 #96A9EF

analogous

#EFB096 #EFDC96 #D6EF96

triadic

#EFDC96 #96EFDC #DC96EF

tetradic

#EFDC96 #96EFB0 #96A9EF #EF96D6

square

#EFDC96 #96EFB0 #96A9EF #EF96D6

split-complementary

#EFDC96 #96D6EF #B096EF

monochromatic

#DFB92C #E7CA61 #EFDC96 #F7EECB #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDC96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#EFDC96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC96

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC96	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.091 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b5',
    500: '#efdc96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc96;
$custom-light: #f5e6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.191,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8941,
    "c": 0.09113,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC96

secondary

#5E75CB

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC96

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

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