#EFDD80#EFDD80

#EFDD80 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD80
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 128)
HSL	hsl(50, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.79, -6.05, 47.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.79, 48.04, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(89.27% -0.0173 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(89.27% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.3511, 71.6244, 30.8004)
Luminance	0.7162 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD80 #8092EF

analogous

#EFA680 #EFDD80 #CAEF80

triadic

#EFDD80 #80EFDD #DD80EF

tetradic

#EFDD80 #80EFA6 #8092EF #EF80CA

square

#EFDD80 #80EFA6 #8092EF #EF80CA

split-complementary

#EFDD80 #80CAEF #A680EF

monochromatic

#D9BA1B #E8CE4A #EFDD80 #F6ECB6 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD80 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.32

#EFDD80 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD80

15.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD80	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD80	1.00	1.37	15.32	15.32
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD878

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd80;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a6',
    500: '#efdd80',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd80;
$custom-light: #f6e7a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd80",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 77.622,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89265,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.71622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD80

secondary

#4A5FC9

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD80

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

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