#EFC94F#EFC94F

#EFC94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.144 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC94F
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(46, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 66.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, 0.52, 63.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 63.66, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.7% -0.0039 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(84.7% 0.144 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.8975, 60.6918, 16.0607)
Luminance	0.6069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC94F #4F75EF

analogous

#EF794F #EFC94F #C5EF4F

triadic

#EFC94F #4FEFC9 #C94FEF

tetradic

#EFC94F #4FEF79 #4F75EF #EF4FC5

square

#EFC94F #4FEF79 #4F75EF #EF4FC5

split-complementary

#EFC94F #4FC5EF #794FEF

monochromatic

#B38D10 #EAB817 #EFC94F #F4DA87 #F9EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EFC94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#EFC94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC94F

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC94F	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.144 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d986',
    500: '#efc94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc94f;
$custom-light: #f8d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.75,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84695,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC94F

secondary

#2F4EB3

accent

#3AE006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC94F

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

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