#EFD163#EFD163

#EFD163 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.133 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD163
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 99)
HSL	hsl(47, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 58.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.41, -2.33, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.41, 57.38, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(86.49% -0.0097 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(86.49% 0.133 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.6518, 64.8554, 21.1256)
Luminance	0.6485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD163 #6381EF

analogous

#EF8B63 #EFD163 #C7EF63

triadic

#EFD163 #63EFD1 #D163EF

tetradic

#EFD163 #63EF8B #6381EF #EF63C7

square

#EFD163 #63EF8B #6381EF #EF63C7

split-complementary

#EFD163 #63C7EF #8B63EF

monochromatic

#C49E14 #E9C12B #EFD163 #F5E19B #FAF2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD163 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.97

#EFD163 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD163

13.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD163	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD163	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)

#E4CD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD768

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd163;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.133 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de93',
    500: '#efd163',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd163;
$custom-light: #f7de93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd163",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 81.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86486,
    "c": 0.13323,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD163

secondary

#3553C1

accent

#36DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD163

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

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