#EFDE95#EFDE95

#EFDE95 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.094 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE95
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 149)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 38%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 37.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.34, -4.42, 37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.34, 38.19, 96.64°)
OKLab	oklab(89.79% -0.0109 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(89.79% 0.094 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.1439, 72.7653, 38.9361)
Luminance	0.7276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE95 #95A6EF

analogous

#EFB195 #EFDE95 #D3EF95

triadic

#EFDE95 #95EFDE #DE95EF

tetradic

#EFDE95 #95EFB1 #95A6EF #EF95D3

square

#EFDE95 #95EFB1 #95A6EF #EF95D3

split-complementary

#EFDE95 #95D3EF #B195EF

monochromatic

#DFBD2B #E7CD60 #EFDE95 #F7EFCA #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFDE95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.55

#EFDE95 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE95

15.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE95	1.00	1.35	15.55	15.55
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.094 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b5',
    500: '#efde95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde95;
$custom-light: #f5e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 76.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89794,
    "c": 0.09407,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.72763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE95

secondary

#5D72CB

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE95

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

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