#EFDF9F#EFDF9F

#EFDF9F is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.084 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF9F
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 159)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(48, 33%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 33.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -3.78, 33.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 33.61, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0084 0.0832)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.084 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.2432, 73.6312, 43.4115)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF9F #9FAFEF

analogous

#EFB79F #EFDF9F #D7EF9F

triadic

#EFDF9F #9FEFDF #DF9FEF

tetradic

#EFDF9F #9FEFB7 #9FAFEF #EF9FD7

square

#EFDF9F #9FEFB7 #9FAFEF #EF9FD7

split-complementary

#EFDF9F #9FD7EF #B79FEF

monochromatic

#DEBC36 #E6CE6B #EFDF9F #F8F0D3 #FBF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFDF9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EFDF9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF9F

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF9F	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECDC9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0E1A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBD6CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.084 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e8bc',
    500: '#efdf9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf9f;
$custom-light: #f5e8bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 78.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90171,
    "c": 0.08361,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF9F

secondary

#667BCC

accent

#39D312

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171612

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF9F

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

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