#EFCD4F#EFCD4F

#EFCD4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.146 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD4F
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 66.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.22, -1.54, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.22, 64.73, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(85.49% -0.0098 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(85.49% 0.146 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.8421, 62.5811, 16.3756)
Luminance	0.6258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD4F #4F71EF

analogous

#EF7D4F #EFCD4F #C1EF4F

triadic

#EFCD4F #4FEFCD #CD4FEF

tetradic

#EFCD4F #4FEF7D #4F71EF #EF4FC1

square

#EFCD4F #4FEF7D #4F71EF #EF4FC1

split-complementary

#EFCD4F #4FC1EF #7D4FEF

monochromatic

#B39110 #EABD17 #EFCD4F #F4DD87 #F9EDBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFCD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#EFCD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD4F

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD4F	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2C93F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.146 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8db86',
    500: '#efcd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd4f;
$custom-light: #f8db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.25,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85491,
    "c": 0.14609,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.62578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD4F

secondary

#2F4BB3

accent

#34E006

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD4F

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

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