#EFD16D#EFD16D

#EFD16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.124 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD16D
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(46, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.51, -1.59, 52.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.51, 52.85, 91.72°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0064 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.124 93)
XYZ	xyz(61.1598, 65.0586, 23.8011)
Luminance	0.6506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD16D #6D8BEF

analogous

#EF906D #EFD16D #CCEF6D

triadic

#EFD16D #6DEFD1 #D16DEF

tetradic

#EFD16D #6DEF90 #6D8BEF #EF6DCC

square

#EFD16D #6DEF90 #6D8BEF #EF6DCC

split-complementary

#EFD16D #6DCCEF #906DEF

monochromatic

#CBA216 #E9C036 #EFD16D #F5E2A4 #FBF4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.01

#EFD16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD16D

14.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD16D	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)

#E3CE64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD771

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.124 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de99',
    500: '#efd16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd16d;
$custom-light: #f7de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 80.247,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86603,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.65056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD16D

secondary

#395AC7

accent

#3ADD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD16D

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

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