#EFDE97#EFDE97

#EFDE97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.728; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.092 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE97
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 151)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(48, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.37, -4.19, 36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.37, 37.20, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(89.83% -0.0101 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(89.83% 0.092 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.3050, 72.8297, 39.7843)
Luminance	0.7283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE97 #97A8EF

analogous

#EFB297 #EFDE97 #D4EF97

triadic

#EFDE97 #97EFDE #DE97EF

tetradic

#EFDE97 #97EFB2 #97A8EF #EF97D4

square

#EFDE97 #97EFB2 #97A8EF #EF97D4

split-complementary

#EFDE97 #97D4EF #B297EF

monochromatic

#DFBC2D #E7CD62 #EFDE97 #F7EFCC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFDE97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.57

#EFDE97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE97

15.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE97	1.00	1.35	15.57	15.57
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDA92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.092 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b6',
    500: '#efde97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde97;
$custom-light: #f5e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.409,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89828,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.72828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE97

secondary

#5F74CB

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE97

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

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