#EFD16B#EFD16B

#EFD16B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.126 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD16B
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 107)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.49, -1.74, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.49, 53.77, 91.86°)
OKLab	oklab(86.58% -0.0071 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(86.58% 0.126 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.0533, 65.0161, 23.2405)
Luminance	0.6501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD16B #6B89EF

analogous

#EF8F6B #EFD16B #CBEF6B

triadic

#EFD16B #6BEFD1 #D16BEF

tetradic

#EFD16B #6BEF8F #6B89EF #EF6BCB

square

#EFD16B #6BEF8F #6B89EF #EF6BCB

split-complementary

#EFD16B #6BCBEF #8F6BEF

monochromatic

#CAA116 #E9C034 #EFD16B #F5E2A2 #FBF3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD16B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#EFD16B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD16B

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD16B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD16B	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)

#E4CE61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD76F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd16b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.126 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de98',
    500: '#efd16b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd16b;
$custom-light: #f7de98;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd16b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86578,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD16B

secondary

#3758C7

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD16B

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

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