#EFD162#EFD162

#EFD162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.134 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD162
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.40, -2.40, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.40, 57.83, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(86.48% -0.0101 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(86.48% 0.134 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(60.6043, 64.8364, 20.8754)
Luminance	0.6483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD162 #6280EF

analogous

#EF8A62 #EFD162 #C6EF62

triadic

#EFD162 #62EFD1 #D162EF

tetradic

#EFD162 #62EF8A #6280EF #EF62C6

square

#EFD162 #62EF8A #6280EF #EF62C6

split-complementary

#EFD162 #62C6EF #8A62EF

monochromatic

#C39E14 #E9C12A #EFD162 #F5E19A #FAF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#EFD162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD162

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD162	1.00	1.50	13.97	13.97
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CD57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.134 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de92',
    500: '#efd162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd162;
$custom-light: #f7de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86475,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.64833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD162

secondary

#3552C1

accent

#35DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD162

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

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