#EFDD87#EFDD87

#EFDD87 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.108 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD87
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 135)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 73%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 43.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -5.38, 44.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 44.66, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0147 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.108 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8279, 71.8151, 33.3111)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD87 #8799EF

analogous

#EFA987 #EFDD87 #CDEF87

triadic

#EFDD87 #87EFDD #DD87EF

tetradic

#EFDD87 #87EFA9 #8799EF #EF87CD

square

#EFDD87 #87EFA9 #8799EF #EF87CD

split-complementary

#EFDD87 #87CDEF #A987EF

monochromatic

#DEBD1E #E8CE51 #EFDD87 #F6ECBD #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EFDD87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD87

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD87	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DF8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDD2C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.108 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7ab',
    500: '#efdd87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd87;
$custom-light: #f6e7ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 73.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89367,
    "c": 0.10842,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD87

secondary

#5065CA

accent

#30D90D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF7

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD87

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

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