#EFD279#EFD279

#EFD279 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.114 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD279
RGB	rgb(239, 210, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.91, -1.09, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.91, 47.54, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(86.96% -0.0037 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.96% 0.114 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.0965, 65.8271, 27.5205)
Luminance	0.6582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD279 #7996EF

analogous

#EF9779 #EFD279 #D1EF79

triadic

#EFD279 #79EFD2 #D279EF

tetradic

#EFD279 #79EF97 #7996EF #EF79D1

square

#EFD279 #79EF97 #7996EF #EF79D1

split-complementary

#EFD279 #79D1EF #9779EF

monochromatic

#D4A619 #E8C042 #EFD279 #F6E4B0 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EFD279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#EFD279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD279

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD279	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 210, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.114 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dfa1',
    500: '#efd279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd279;
$custom-light: #f6dfa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.254,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8696,
    "c": 0.11368,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD279

secondary

#4464C9

accent

#3EDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD279

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

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