#EFDF96#EFDF96

#EFDF96 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.733; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.094 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF96
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 150)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.60, -4.81, 37.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.60, 38.08, 97.26°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0119 0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.094 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.4905, 73.3301, 39.4472)
Luminance	0.7333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF96 #96A6EF

analogous

#EFB396 #EFDF96 #D3EF96

triadic

#EFDF96 #96EFDF #DF96EF

tetradic

#EFDF96 #96EFB3 #96A6EF #EF96D3

square

#EFDF96 #96EFB3 #96A6EF #EF96D3

split-complementary

#EFDF96 #96D3EF #B396EF

monochromatic

#DFBF2C #E7CF61 #EFDF96 #F7EFCB #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFDF96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EFDF96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF96

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF96	1.00	1.34	15.67	15.67
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDDB91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E199

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.094 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b5',
    500: '#efdf96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf96;
$custom-light: #f5e8b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.213,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90012,
    "c": 0.09388,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF96

secondary

#5E72CB

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF96

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

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