#EFDF9D#EFDF9D

#EFDF9D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.086 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF9D
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 157)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.72, -4.01, 34.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.72, 34.61, 96.66°)
OKLab	oklab(90.14% -0.0092 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(90.14% 0.086 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.0711, 73.5623, 42.5049)
Luminance	0.7356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF9D #9DADEF

analogous

#EFB69D #EFDF9D #D6EF9D

triadic

#EFDF9D #9DEFDF #DF9DEF

tetradic

#EFDF9D #9DEFB6 #9DADEF #EF9DD6

square

#EFDF9D #9DEFB6 #9DADEF #EF9DD6

split-complementary

#EFDF9D #9DD6EF #B69DEF

monochromatic

#DEBD34 #E6CE68 #EFDF9D #F8F0D2 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFDF9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#EFDF9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF9D

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF9D	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDC98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.086 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8ba',
    500: '#efdf9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf9d;
$custom-light: #f5e8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90135,
    "c": 0.08591,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF9D

secondary

#6479CC

accent

#37D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171611

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF9D

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

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