#EFC94C#EFC94C

#EFC94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.146 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC94C
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 84%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.19, 0.36, 64.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.19, 64.87, 89.69°)
OKLab	oklab(84.67% -0.0047 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(84.67% 0.146 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.7908, 60.6491, 15.4986)
Luminance	0.6065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC94C #4C72EF

analogous

#EF784C #EFC94C #C4EF4C

triadic

#EFC94C #4CEFC9 #C94CEF

tetradic

#EFC94C #4CEF78 #4C72EF #EF4CC4

square

#EFC94C #4CEF78 #4C72EF #EF4CC4

split-complementary

#EFC94C #4CC4EF #784CEF

monochromatic

#B18B10 #E9B815 #EFC94C #F4DA84 #F9EBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EFC94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.13

#EFC94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC94C

13.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC94C	1.00	1.60	13.13	13.13
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.146 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d984',
    500: '#efc94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc94c;
$custom-light: #f8d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 83.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84669,
    "c": 0.14567,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC94C

secondary

#2E4DB1

accent

#38E005

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC94C

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

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