#EFDF9E#EFDF9E

#EFDF9E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.085 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF9E
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 158)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -3.89, 33.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 34.11, 96.56°)
OKLab	oklab(90.15% -0.0088 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(90.15% 0.085 96)
XYZ	xyz(68.1568, 73.5966, 42.9564)
Luminance	0.7359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF9E #9EAEEF

analogous

#EFB69E #EFDF9E #D6EF9E

triadic

#EFDF9E #9EEFDF #DF9EEF

tetradic

#EFDF9E #9EEFB6 #9EAEEF #EF9ED6

square

#EFDF9E #9EEFB6 #9EAEEF #EF9ED6

split-complementary

#EFDF9E #9ED6EF #B69EEF

monochromatic

#DEBC35 #E6CE69 #EFDF9E #F8F0D3 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFDF9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EFDF9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF9E

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF9E	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDC99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.085 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8bb',
    500: '#efdf9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf9e;
$custom-light: #f5e8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.148,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90153,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.73595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF9E

secondary

#657ACC

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF9E

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

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