#EFCC4C#EFCC4C
#EFCC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.621; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.148 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFCC4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 204, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 84%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 68%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.2%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.95, -1.19, 65.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.95, 65.66, 91.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.27% -0.0091 0.1472) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.27% 0.148 93.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.4969, 62.0615, 15.7340) |
| Luminance | 0.6206 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.13
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.45
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.66
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.45
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 5.04
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 5.48
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFCC4C #4C6FEF
analogous
#EF7B4C #EFCC4C #C0EF4C
triadic
#EFCC4C #4CEFCC #CC4CEF
tetradic
#EFCC4C #4CEF7B #4C6FEF #EF4CC0
square
#EFCC4C #4CEF7B #4C6FEF #EF4CC0
split-complementary
#EFCC4C #4CC0EF #7B4CEF
monochromatic
#B18E10 #E9BB15 #EFCC4C #F4DC84 #F9ECBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#EFCC4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.41
#EFCC4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFCC4C
13.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFCC4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFCC4C | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.41 | 13.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1C83B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EAD353
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBCB2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efcc4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 204, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.148 93.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8db85',
500: '#efcc4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efcc4c; $custom-light: #f8db85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efcc4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 204,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.117,
"s": 83.59,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85266,
"c": 0.14752,
"h": 93.5
},
"luminance": 0.62058
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFCC4C
secondary
#2E4AB1
accent
#34E005
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18140B
muted
#86837E