#EFD161#EFD161

#EFD161 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.135 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD161
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.39, -2.47, 58.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.39, 58.27, 92.43°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0104 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.135 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.5573, 64.8177, 20.6283)
Luminance	0.6482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD161 #617FEF

analogous

#EF8A61 #EFD161 #C6EF61

triadic

#EFD161 #61EFD1 #D161EF

tetradic

#EFD161 #61EF8A #617FEF #EF61C6

square

#EFD161 #61EF8A #617FEF #EF61C6

split-complementary

#EFD161 #61C6EF #8A61EF

monochromatic

#C29D14 #E9C129 #EFD161 #F5E199 #FAF1D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#EFD161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD161

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD161	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.135 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de92',
    500: '#efd161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd161;
$custom-light: #f7de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86465,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD161

secondary

#3452C0

accent

#35DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD161

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

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