#EFD165#EFD165
#EFD165 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.649; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.132 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD165 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 209, 101) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 81%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 58%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 57.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(84.43, -2.19, 56.45) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(84.43, 56.49, 92.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(86.51% -0.0091 0.1312) |
| OKLCH | oklch(86.51% 0.132 94) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.7486, 64.8942, 21.6354) |
| Luminance | 0.6489 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 1.75
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 2.31
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.05
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 3.08
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.41
Light Gold
#FDDC5C
ΔE00 3.46
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD165 #6583EF
analogous
#EF8C65 #EFD165 #C8EF65
triadic
#EFD165 #65EFD1 #D165EF
tetradic
#EFD165 #65EF8C #6583EF #EF65C8
square
#EFD165 #65EF8C #6583EF #EF65C8
split-complementary
#EFD165 #65C8EF #8C65EF
monochromatic
#C59F14 #E9C02E #EFD165 #F5E29C #FBF2D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.50
#EFD165 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.98
#EFD165 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD165
13.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD165 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD165 | 1.00 | 1.50 | 13.98 | 13.98 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.98 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E4CD5A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD76A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC3B9
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D3D3D3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd165; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 101); /* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.132 94.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7de94',
500: '#efd165',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd165; $custom-light: #f7de94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd165",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 209,
"b": 101
},
"hsl": {
"h": 46.957,
"s": 81.176,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.86508,
"c": 0.13152,
"h": 94
},
"luminance": 0.64891
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD165
secondary
#3654C3
accent
#36DE08
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF4
border
#D7D5CE
text
#18150D
muted
#86847F