#EFCD4C#EFCD4C

#EFCD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.148 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD4C
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(47, 84%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 68.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.20, -1.70, 65.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.20, 65.93, 91.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.47% -0.0106 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(85.47% 0.148 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.7354, 62.5384, 15.8135)
Luminance	0.6253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD4C #4C6EEF

analogous

#EF7C4C #EFCD4C #BFEF4C

triadic

#EFCD4C #4CEFCD #CD4CEF

tetradic

#EFCD4C #4CEF7C #4C6EEF #EF4CBF

square

#EFCD4C #4CEF7C #4C6EEF #EF4CBF

split-complementary

#EFCD4C #4CBFEF #7C4CEF

monochromatic

#B18F10 #E9BD15 #EFCD4C #F4DD84 #F9ECBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFCD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EFCD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD4C

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD4C	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.148 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8db85',
    500: '#efcd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd4c;
$custom-light: #f8db85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.485,
    "s": 83.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85466,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD4C

secondary

#2E4AB1

accent

#33E005

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18150B

muted

#86847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD4C

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

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