#EFCD5E#EFCD5E
#EFCD5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.628; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.135 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFCD5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 205, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(46, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(46, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 60.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.35, -0.63, 58.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.35, 58.40, 90.62°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.63% -0.0054 0.1345) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.63% 0.135 92.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4510, 62.8246, 19.5824) |
| Luminance | 0.6282 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.69
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.97
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.89
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.91
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.33
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFCD5E #5E80EF
analogous
#EF845E #EFCD5E #C8EF5E
triadic
#EFCD5E #5EEFCD #CD5EEF
tetradic
#EFCD5E #5EEF84 #5E80EF #EF5EC8
square
#EFCD5E #5EEF84 #5E80EF #EF5EC8
split-complementary
#EFCD5E #5EC8EF #845EEF
monochromatic
#C09713 #E9BC26 #EFCD5E #F5DE96 #FAF0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.55
#EFCD5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.56
#EFCD5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFCD5E
13.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFCD5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFCD5E | 1.00 | 1.55 | 13.56 | 13.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.55 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E1CA52
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E9D463
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBEB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D0D0D0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efcd5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.135 92.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7dc8f',
500: '#efcd5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efcd5e; $custom-light: #f7dc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efcd5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 205,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 45.931,
"s": 81.921,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85634,
"c": 0.13464,
"h": 92.3
},
"luminance": 0.62822
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFCD5E
secondary
#3354BE
accent
#3ADE07
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F