#EFC956#EFC956

#EFC956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.138 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC956
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.27, 0.92, 60.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.27, 60.75, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0019 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.138 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.1659, 60.7992, 17.4740)
Luminance	0.6080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC956 #567CEF

analogous

#EF7C56 #EFC956 #C8EF56

triadic

#EFC956 #56EFC9 #C956EF

tetradic

#EFC956 #56EF7C #567CEF #EF56C8

square

#EFC956 #56EF7C #567CEF #EF56C8

split-complementary

#EFC956 #56C8EF #7C56EF

monochromatic

#B98F12 #EAB71E #EFC956 #F4DB8E #FAEDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EFC956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#EFC956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC956

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC956	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.138 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d98a',
    500: '#efc956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc956;
$custom-light: #f8d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84759,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC956

secondary

#3153B8

accent

#3CDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC956

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

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