#EFDD97#EFDD97

#EFDD97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.091 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD97
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.11, -3.68, 36.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.11, 36.81, 95.74°)
OKLab	oklab(89.63% -0.0086 0.0905)
OKLCH	oklch(89.63% 0.091 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(67.0402, 72.3001, 39.6960)
Luminance	0.7230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD97 #97A9EF

analogous

#EFB197 #EFDD97 #D5EF97

triadic

#EFDD97 #97EFDD #DD97EF

tetradic

#EFDD97 #97EFB1 #97A9EF #EF97D5

square

#EFDD97 #97EFB1 #97A9EF #EF97D5

split-complementary

#EFDD97 #97D5EF #B197EF

monochromatic

#DFBA2D #E7CC62 #EFDD97 #F7EECC #FBF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDD97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.46

#EFDD97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD97

15.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD97	1.00	1.36	15.46	15.46
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.091 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b6',
    500: '#efdd97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd97;
$custom-light: #f5e7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89628,
    "c": 0.0909,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.72298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD97

secondary

#5F75CB

accent

#38D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD97

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

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