#EFDF97#EFDF97

#EFDF97 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.093 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF97
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 151)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(49, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.62, -4.70, 37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.62, 37.59, 97.18°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0115 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.093 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.5714, 73.3624, 39.8731)
Luminance	0.7336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF97 #97A7EF

analogous

#EFB397 #EFDF97 #D3EF97

triadic

#EFDF97 #97EFDF #DF97EF

tetradic

#EFDF97 #97EFB3 #97A7EF #EF97D3

square

#EFDF97 #97EFB3 #97A7EF #EF97D3

split-complementary

#EFDF97 #97D3EF #B397EF

monochromatic

#DFBE2D #E7CF62 #EFDF97 #F7EFCC #FBF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFDF97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.67

#EFDF97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF97

15.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF97	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)

#EDDB92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1E19A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCD5CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.093 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8b6',
    500: '#efdf97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf97;
$custom-light: #f5e8b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90029,
    "c": 0.09275,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF97

secondary

#5F73CB

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF97

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

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