#EFCC5A#EFCC5A
#EFCC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.137 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFCC5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 204, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 62%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 62.3%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.06, -0.37, 59.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.06, 59.86, 90.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.39% -0.0052 0.1371) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.39% 0.137 92.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.0377, 62.2778, 18.5820) |
| Luminance | 0.6228 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.48
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.11
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 4.14
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.74
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.83
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFCC5A #5A7DEF
analogous
#EF825A #EFCC5A #C8EF5A
triadic
#EFCC5A #5AEFCC #CC5AEF
tetradic
#EFCC5A #5AEF82 #5A7DEF #EF5AC8
square
#EFCC5A #5AEF82 #5A7DEF #EF5AC8
split-complementary
#EFCC5A #5AC8EF #825AEF
monochromatic
#BC9412 #EABB22 #EFCC5A #F4DD92 #FAEECA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#EFCC5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.46
#EFCC5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFCC5A
13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFCC5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFCC5A | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.46 | 13.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E0C94D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D35F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBDB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efcc5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 204, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.137 92.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8db8d',
500: '#efcc5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efcc5a; $custom-light: #f8db8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efcc5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 204,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.906,
"s": 82.32,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85394,
"c": 0.13721,
"h": 92.2
},
"luminance": 0.62275
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFCC5A
secondary
#3252BB
accent
#3ADF07
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140C
muted
#86837F