#EFD16A#EFD16A

#EFD16A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.127 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD16A
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 106)
HSL	hsl(46, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -1.82, 54.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 54.22, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0074 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.127 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(61.0010, 64.9951, 22.9651)
Luminance	0.6499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD16A #6A88EF

analogous

#EF8E6A #EFD16A #CBEF6A

triadic

#EFD16A #6AEFD1 #D16AEF

tetradic

#EFD16A #6AEF8E #6A88EF #EF6ACB

square

#EFD16A #6AEF8E #6A88EF #EF6ACB

split-complementary

#EFD16A #6ACBEF #8E6AEF

monochromatic

#C9A116 #E9C033 #EFD16A #F5E2A1 #FBF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD16A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EFD16A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD16A

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD16A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD16A	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CE60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD76E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd16a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.127 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de97',
    500: '#efd16a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd16a;
$custom-light: #f7de97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd16a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86566,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.64992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD16A

secondary

#3757C6

accent

#38DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD16A

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

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