#EFDE96#EFDE96

#EFDE96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.093 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE96
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.35, -4.30, 37.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.35, 37.69, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(89.81% -0.0105 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(89.81% 0.093 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.2241, 72.7973, 39.3584)
Luminance	0.7279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE96 #96A7EF

analogous

#EFB296 #EFDE96 #D4EF96

triadic

#EFDE96 #96EFDE #DE96EF

tetradic

#EFDE96 #96EFB2 #96A7EF #EF96D4

square

#EFDE96 #96EFB2 #96A7EF #EF96D4

split-complementary

#EFDE96 #96D4EF #B296EF

monochromatic

#DFBD2C #E7CD61 #EFDE96 #F7EFCB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFDE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.56

#EFDE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE96

15.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE96	1.00	1.35	15.56	15.56
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E099

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.093 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b5',
    500: '#efde96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde96;
$custom-light: #f5e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.539,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89811,
    "c": 0.09294,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE96

secondary

#5E73CB

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE96

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

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