#EFD256#EFD256

#EFD256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.651; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.144 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD256
RGB	rgb(239, 210, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.54, -3.69, 63.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.54, 63.30, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0152 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.144 96)
XYZ	xyz(60.3257, 65.1188, 18.1939)
Luminance	0.6512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD256 #5673EF

analogous

#EF8556 #EFD256 #C0EF56

triadic

#EFD256 #56EFD2 #D256EF

tetradic

#EFD256 #56EF85 #5673EF #EF56C0

square

#EFD256 #56EF85 #5673EF #EF56C0

split-complementary

#EFD256 #56C0EF #8556EF

monochromatic

#B99912 #EAC31E #EFD256 #F4E18E #FAF0C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.02

#EFD256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD256

14.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD256	1.00	1.50	14.02	14.02
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 210, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.144 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8df8b',
    500: '#efd256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd256;
$custom-light: #f8df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.627,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86556,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.65116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD256

secondary

#314BB8

accent

#2FDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD256

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

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