#EFDE5E#EFDE5E

#EFDE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.148 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE5E
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -9.25, 63.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 63.86, 98.33°)
OKLab	oklab(89.06% -0.0302 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(89.06% 0.148 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.7407, 71.4039, 21.0123)
Luminance	0.7140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE5E #5E6FEF

analogous

#EF965E #EFDE5E #B7EF5E

triadic

#EFDE5E #5EEFDE #DE5EEF

tetradic

#EFDE5E #5EEF96 #5E6FEF #EF5EB7

square

#EFDE5E #5EEF96 #5E6FEF #EF5EB7

split-complementary

#EFDE5E #5EB7EF #965EEF

monochromatic

#C0AB13 #E9D326 #EFDE5E #F5E996 #FAF5CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EFDE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE5E

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE5E	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.148 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e890',
    500: '#efde5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde5e;
$custom-light: #f7e890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.966,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89063,
    "c": 0.14784,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE5E

secondary

#3344BE

accent

#20DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE5E

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

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