#EFD04C#EFD04C
#EFD04C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.640; OKLCH L 86.1% C 0.150 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD04C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 208, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 84%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 68%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 13%, 68.2%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.96, -3.23, 66.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.96, 66.76, 92.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.07% -0.015 0.1494) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.07% 0.15 95.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.4599, 63.9874, 16.0550) |
| Luminance | 0.6398 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.69
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.36
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.92
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.88
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 4.02
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 4.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD04C #4C6BEF
analogous
#EF7F4C #EFD04C #BDEF4C
triadic
#EFD04C #4CEFD0 #D04CEF
tetradic
#EFD04C #4CEF7F #4C6BEF #EF4CBD
square
#EFD04C #4CEF7F #4C6BEF #EF4CBD
split-complementary
#EFD04C #4CBDEF #7F4CEF
monochromatic
#B19210 #E9C115 #EFD04C #F4DF84 #F9EEBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.52
#EFD04C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.80
#EFD04C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD04C
13.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD04C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD04C | 1.00 | 1.52 | 13.80 | 13.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.52 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CC3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC0B5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D1D1D1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd04c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 208, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.1% 0.150 95.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8de85',
500: '#efd04c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd04c; $custom-light: #f8de85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd04c",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 208,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.589,
"s": 83.59,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86067,
"c": 0.15019,
"h": 95.7
},
"luminance": 0.63984
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD04C
secondary
#2E47B1
accent
#2FE005
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#18150B
muted
#86847E