#EFDC99#EFDC99

#EFDC99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.5% C 0.088 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC99
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.89, -2.95, 35.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.89, 35.45, 94.77°)
OKLab	oklab(89.46% -0.0064 0.0875)
OKLCH	oklch(89.46% 0.088 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(66.9407, 71.8391, 40.4709)
Luminance	0.7184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC99 #99ACEF

analogous

#EFB199 #EFDC99 #D7EF99

triadic

#EFDC99 #99EFDC #DC99EF

tetradic

#EFDC99 #99EFB1 #99ACEF #EF99D7

square

#EFDC99 #99EFB1 #99ACEF #EF99D7

split-complementary

#EFDC99 #99D7EF #B199EF

monochromatic

#DEB82F #E7CA64 #EFDC99 #F7EECE #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDC99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#EFDC99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC99

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC99	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD994

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDF9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD2CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.5% 0.088 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6b7',
    500: '#efdc99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc99;
$custom-light: #f5e6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.744,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89463,
    "c": 0.08775,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC99

secondary

#6178CC

accent

#3CD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC99

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

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