#EFCD65#EFCD65

#EFCD65 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.129 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD65
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 101)
HSL	hsl(45, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 57.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.42, -0.14, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.42, 55.29, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(85.71% -0.0032 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(85.71% 0.129 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(59.7795, 62.9560, 21.3124)
Luminance	0.6295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD65 #6587EF

analogous

#EF8865 #EFCD65 #CCEF65

triadic

#EFCD65 #65EFCD #CD65EF

tetradic

#EFCD65 #65EF88 #6587EF #EF65CC

square

#EFCD65 #65EF88 #6587EF #EF65CC

split-complementary

#EFCD65 #65CCEF #8865EF

monochromatic

#C59A14 #E9BB2E #EFCD65 #F5DF9C #FBF1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFCD65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#EFCD65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD65

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD65	1.00	1.55	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.129 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7dc94',
    500: '#efcd65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd65;
$custom-light: #f7dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85711,
    "c": 0.12874,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.62953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD65

secondary

#3658C3

accent

#3DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD65

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

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