#EFDD96#EFDD96

#EFDD96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.092 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD96
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 150)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.10, -3.80, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.10, 37.31, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(89.61% -0.009 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(89.61% 0.092 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.9593, 72.2677, 39.2701)
Luminance	0.7227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD96 #96A8EF

analogous

#EFB196 #EFDD96 #D5EF96

triadic

#EFDD96 #96EFDD #DD96EF

tetradic

#EFDD96 #96EFB1 #96A8EF #EF96D5

square

#EFDD96 #96EFB1 #96A8EF #EF96D5

split-complementary

#EFDD96 #96D5EF #B196EF

monochromatic

#DFBB2C #E7CC61 #EFDD96 #F7EECB #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDD96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.45

#EFDD96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD96

15.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD96	1.00	1.36	15.45	15.45
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.092 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b5',
    500: '#efdd96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd96;
$custom-light: #f5e7b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.865,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89611,
    "c": 0.09203,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD96

secondary

#5E74CB

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD96

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

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