#EFDD5E#EFDD5E

#EFDD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.147 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD5E
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.42, -8.75, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.42, 63.51, 97.92°)
OKLab	oklab(88.86% -0.0287 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(88.86% 0.147 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.4759, 70.8743, 20.9240)
Luminance	0.7087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD5E #5E70EF

analogous

#EF955E #EFDD5E #B8EF5E

triadic

#EFDD5E #5EEFDD #DD5EEF

tetradic

#EFDD5E #5EEF95 #5E70EF #EF5EB8

square

#EFDD5E #5EEF95 #5E70EF #EF5EB8

split-complementary

#EFDD5E #5EB8EF #955EEF

monochromatic

#C0AA13 #E9D126 #EFDD5E #F5E996 #FAF5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.17

#EFDD5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD5E

15.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD5E	1.00	1.38	15.17	15.17
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D750

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.147 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e790',
    500: '#efdd5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd5e;
$custom-light: #f7e790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.552,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88859,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.70872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD5E

secondary

#3345BE

accent

#22DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD5E

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

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