#EFCD56#EFCD56

#EFCD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.627; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.141 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD56
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.28, -1.14, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.28, 61.84, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0078 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.141 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1105, 62.6884, 17.7889)
Luminance	0.6269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD56 #5678EF

analogous

#EF8056 #EFCD56 #C4EF56

triadic

#EFCD56 #56EFCD #CD56EF

tetradic

#EFCD56 #56EF80 #5678EF #EF56C4

square

#EFCD56 #56EF80 #5678EF #EF56C4

split-complementary

#EFCD56 #56C4EF #8056EF

monochromatic

#B99412 #EABC1E #EFCD56 #F4DE8E #FAEEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFCD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.54

#EFCD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD56

13.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD56	1.00	1.55	13.54	13.54
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.141 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8db8b',
    500: '#efcd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd56;
$custom-light: #f8db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85554,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.62685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD56

secondary

#314FB8

accent

#37DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD56

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

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