#EFDE99#EFDE99

#EFDE99 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.729; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.090 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE99
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 153)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.40, -3.97, 35.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.40, 36.21, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(89.86% -0.0093 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(89.86% 0.09 96)
XYZ	xyz(67.4688, 72.8952, 40.6470)
Luminance	0.7289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE99 #99AAEF

analogous

#EFB399 #EFDE99 #D5EF99

triadic

#EFDE99 #99EFDE #DE99EF

tetradic

#EFDE99 #99EFB3 #99AAEF #EF99D5

square

#EFDE99 #99EFB3 #99AAEF #EF99D5

split-complementary

#EFDE99 #99D5EF #B399EF

monochromatic

#DEBC2F #E7CD64 #EFDE99 #F7EFCE #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFDE99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.58

#EFDE99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE99

15.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE99	1.00	1.35	15.58	15.58
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDB94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E09B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD4CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.090 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b7',
    500: '#efde99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde99;
$custom-light: #f5e8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.14,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89863,
    "c": 0.08955,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.72893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE99

secondary

#6176CC

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE99

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

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