#EFD14C#EFD14C
#EFD14C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.645; OKLCH L 86.3% C 0.151 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD14C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 209, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 84%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 68%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 68.2%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.21, -3.74, 66.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.21, 67.05, 93.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.27% -0.0164 0.15) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.27% 0.151 96.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.7045, 64.4765, 16.1365) |
| Luminance | 0.6447 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 1.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.46
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 2.81
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.80
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.80
Dull Yellow
#EEDC5B
ΔE00 3.81
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD14C #4C6AEF
analogous
#EF804C #EFD14C #BCEF4C
triadic
#EFD14C #4CEFD1 #D14CEF
tetradic
#EFD14C #4CEF80 #4C6AEF #EF4CBC
square
#EFD14C #4CEF80 #4C6AEF #EF4CBC
split-complementary
#EFD14C #4CBCEF #804CEF
monochromatic
#B19310 #E9C215 #EFD14C #F4DF84 #F9EEBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.51
#EFD14C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.89
#EFD14C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD14C
13.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD14C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD14C | 1.00 | 1.51 | 13.89 | 13.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.51 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E6CD3A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EDD653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC2B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D2D2D2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd14c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.3% 0.151 96.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8de85',
500: '#efd14c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd14c; $custom-light: #f8de85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd14c",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 209,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.957,
"s": 83.59,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86268,
"c": 0.15088,
"h": 96.3
},
"luminance": 0.64473
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD14C
secondary
#2E46B1
accent
#2EE005
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFCF2
border
#D7D5CC
text
#18150B
muted
#86847E