#EFD156#EFD156

#EFD156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.144 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD156
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.29, -3.18, 62.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.29, 63.00, 92.89°)
OKLab	oklab(86.36% -0.0137 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(86.36% 0.144 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(60.0795, 64.6265, 18.1119)
Luminance	0.6462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD156 #5674EF

analogous

#EF8456 #EFD156 #C1EF56

triadic

#EFD156 #56EFD1 #D156EF

tetradic

#EFD156 #56EF84 #5674EF #EF56C1

square

#EFD156 #56EF84 #5674EF #EF56C1

split-complementary

#EFD156 #56C1EF #8456EF

monochromatic

#B99812 #EAC21E #EFD156 #F4E08E #FAEFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EFD156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#EFD156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD156

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD156	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD65C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC2B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.144 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8de8b',
    500: '#efd156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd156;
$custom-light: #f8de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.235,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86355,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.64624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD156

secondary

#314CB8

accent

#31DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD156

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

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