#EFCD61#EFCD61

#EFCD61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.629; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.132 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD61
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.38, -0.42, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.38, 57.08, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(85.67% -0.0045 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(85.67% 0.132 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.5883, 62.8795, 20.3052)
Luminance	0.6288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD61 #6183EF

analogous

#EF8661 #EFCD61 #CAEF61

triadic

#EFCD61 #61EFCD #CD61EF

tetradic

#EFCD61 #61EF86 #6183EF #EF61CA

square

#EFCD61 #61EF86 #6183EF #EF61CA

split-complementary

#EFCD61 #61CAEF #8661EF

monochromatic

#C29814 #E9BB29 #EFCD61 #F5DF99 #FAF0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFCD61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.58

#EFCD61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD61

13.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD61	1.00	1.55	13.58	13.58
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D466

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.132 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc91',
    500: '#efcd61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd61;
$custom-light: #f7dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85666,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.62876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD61

secondary

#3456C0

accent

#3BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD61

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

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