#EFDD99#EFDD99

#EFDD99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.724; OKLCH L 89.7% C 0.089 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD99
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 153)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(47, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.14, -3.46, 35.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.14, 35.82, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.66% -0.0078 0.0883)
OKLCH	oklch(89.66% 0.089 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(67.2040, 72.3656, 40.5587)
Luminance	0.7236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD99 #99ABEF

analogous

#EFB299 #EFDD99 #D6EF99

triadic

#EFDD99 #99EFDD #DD99EF

tetradic

#EFDD99 #99EFB2 #99ABEF #EF99D6

square

#EFDD99 #99EFB2 #99ABEF #EF99D6

split-complementary

#EFDD99 #99D6EF #B299EF

monochromatic

#DEBA2F #E7CB64 #EFDD99 #F7EFCE #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.47

#EFDD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD99

15.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD99	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)

#EBDA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFE09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD3CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.7% 0.089 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e7b7',
    500: '#efdd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd99;
$custom-light: #f5e7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.442,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89663,
    "c": 0.08865,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.72364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD99

secondary

#6177CC

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD99

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

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