#EFD059#EFD059

#EFD059 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD059
RGB	rgb(239, 208, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.06, -2.49, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.06, 61.44, 92.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.18% -0.0114 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(86.18% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.9584, 64.1868, 18.6804)
Luminance	0.6418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD059 #5978EF

analogous

#EF8559 #EFD059 #C3EF59

triadic

#EFD059 #59EFD0 #D059EF

tetradic

#EFD059 #59EF85 #5978EF #EF59C3

square

#EFD059 #59EF85 #5978EF #EF59C3

split-complementary

#EFD059 #59C3EF #8559EF

monochromatic

#BC9912 #EAC021 #EFD059 #F4E091 #FAF0C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#EFD059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#EFD059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD059

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD059	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC1B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 208, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8de8d',
    500: '#efd059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd059;
$custom-light: #f8de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86183,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.64184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD059

secondary

#324EBA

accent

#33DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD059

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

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