#EFDD98#EFDD98

#EFDD98 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.723; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.090 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD98
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 152)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.13, -3.57, 36.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.13, 36.32, 95.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.65% -0.0082 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(89.65% 0.09 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.1217, 72.3327, 40.1255)
Luminance	0.7233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD98 #98AAEF

analogous

#EFB298 #EFDD98 #D6EF98

triadic

#EFDD98 #98EFDD #DD98EF

tetradic

#EFDD98 #98EFB2 #98AAEF #EF98D6

square

#EFDD98 #98EFB2 #98AAEF #EF98D6

split-complementary

#EFDD98 #98D6EF #B298EF

monochromatic

#DFBA2E #E7CC63 #EFDD98 #F7EECD #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDD98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#EFDD98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD98

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD98	1.00	1.36	15.47	15.47
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBDA93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.090 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b7',
    500: '#efdd98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd98;
$custom-light: #f5e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 73.109,
    "l": 76.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89645,
    "c": 0.08978,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD98

secondary

#6076CC

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD98

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

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