#EFDC9F#EFDC9F

#EFDC9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.081 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC9F
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 159)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(46, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.99, -2.25, 32.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.99, 32.47, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.004 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.081 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(67.4488, 72.0423, 43.1467)
Luminance	0.7204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC9F #9FB2EF

analogous

#EFB49F #EFDC9F #DAEF9F

triadic

#EFDC9F #9FEFDC #DC9FEF

tetradic

#EFDC9F #9FEFB4 #9FB2EF #EF9FDA

square

#EFDC9F #9FEFB4 #9FB2EF #EF9FDA

split-complementary

#EFDC9F #9FDAEF #B49FEF

monochromatic

#DEB636 #E6C96B #EFDC9F #F8EFD3 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.41

#EFDC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC9F

15.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC9F	1.00	1.36	15.41	15.41
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D99B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EEDFA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.081 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e6bc',
    500: '#efdc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc9f;
$custom-light: #f5e6bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89572,
    "c": 0.08091,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.7204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC9F

secondary

#667ECC

accent

#40D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC9F

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

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