#EFDC97#EFDC97

#EFDC97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.090 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC97
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(47, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.86, -3.18, 36.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.86, 36.44, 95.00°)
OKLab	oklab(89.43% -0.0071 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(89.43% 0.09 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.7769, 71.7736, 39.6083)
Luminance	0.7177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC97 #97AAEF

analogous

#EFB097 #EFDC97 #D6EF97

triadic

#EFDC97 #97EFDC #DC97EF

tetradic

#EFDC97 #97EFB0 #97AAEF #EF97D6

square

#EFDC97 #97EFB0 #97AAEF #EF97D6

split-complementary

#EFDC97 #97D6EF #B097EF

monochromatic

#DFB82D #E7CA62 #EFDC97 #F7EECC #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDC97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#EFDC97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC97

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC97	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)

#EAD992

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.090 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b6',
    500: '#efdc97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc97;
$custom-light: #f5e6b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.045,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89428,
    "c": 0.09,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC97

secondary

#5F76CB

accent

#3BD510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC97

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

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