#EFDD85#EFDD85

#EFDD85 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.111 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD85
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 44.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.85, -5.57, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.85, 45.63, 97.02°)
OKLab	oklab(89.34% -0.0155 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(89.34% 0.111 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.6884, 71.7593, 32.5765)
Luminance	0.7176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD85 #8597EF

analogous

#EFA885 #EFDD85 #CCEF85

triadic

#EFDD85 #85EFDD #DD85EF

tetradic

#EFDD85 #85EFA8 #8597EF #EF85CC

square

#EFDD85 #85EFA8 #8597EF #EF85CC

split-complementary

#EFDD85 #85CCEF #A885EF

monochromatic

#DDBC1D #E8CE4F #EFDD85 #F6ECBB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.35

#EFDD85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD85

15.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD85	1.00	1.37	15.35	15.35
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD1C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.111 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7aa',
    500: '#efdd85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd85;
$custom-light: #f6e7aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 72.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89337,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD85

secondary

#4E63CA

accent

#2FD90C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD85

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

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