#EFDD81#EFDD81

#EFDD81 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.716; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.115 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD81
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 46%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.80, -5.96, 47.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.80, 47.56, 97.20°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.017 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.115 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4173, 71.6509, 31.1487)
Luminance	0.7165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD81 #8193EF

analogous

#EFA681 #EFDD81 #CAEF81

triadic

#EFDD81 #81EFDD #DD81EF

tetradic

#EFDD81 #81EFA6 #8193EF #EF81CA

square

#EFDD81 #81EFA6 #8193EF #EF81CA

split-complementary

#EFDD81 #81CAEF #A681EF

monochromatic

#DABB1C #E8CE4B #EFDD81 #F6ECB7 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.33

#EFDD81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD81

15.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD81	1.00	1.37	15.33	15.33
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD879

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.115 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a7',
    500: '#efdd81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd81;
$custom-light: #f6e7a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89279,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD81

secondary

#4B5FC9

accent

#2DDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD81

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

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