#EFD16C#EFD16C

#EFD16C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.125 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD16C
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 108)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.50, -1.66, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.50, 53.31, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(86.59% -0.0068 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(86.59% 0.125 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.1062, 65.0372, 23.5192)
Luminance	0.6503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD16C #6C8AEF

analogous

#EF906C #EFD16C #CBEF6C

triadic

#EFD16C #6CEFD1 #D16CEF

tetradic

#EFD16C #6CEF90 #6C8AEF #EF6CCB

square

#EFD16C #6CEF90 #6C8AEF #EF6CCB

split-complementary

#EFD16C #6CCBEF #906CEF

monochromatic

#CBA116 #E9C035 #EFD16C #F5E2A3 #FBF4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD16C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#EFD16C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD16C

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD16C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD16C	1.00	1.50	14.01	14.01
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE63

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd16c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.125 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de99',
    500: '#efd16c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd16c;
$custom-light: #f7de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd16c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.26,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8659,
    "c": 0.12528,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD16C

secondary

#3859C7

accent

#39DD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD16C

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

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