#EFD36D#EFD36D
#EFD36D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.126 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD36D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 211, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(47, 80%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(47, 54%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 54.4%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.02, -2.61, 53.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.02, 53.48, 92.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87% -0.0094 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87% 0.126 94.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(61.6535, 66.0462, 23.9657) |
| Luminance | 0.6604 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 2.15
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.40
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.73
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 3.01
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.26
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.50
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD36D #6D89EF
analogous
#EF926D #EFD36D #CAEF6D
triadic
#EFD36D #6DEFD3 #D36DEF
tetradic
#EFD36D #6DEF92 #6D89EF #EF6DCA
square
#EFD36D #6DEF92 #6D89EF #EF6DCA
split-complementary
#EFD36D #6DCAEF #926DEF
monochromatic
#CBA416 #E9C236 #EFD36D #F5E4A4 #FBF4DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.48
#EFD36D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.21
#EFD36D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD36D
14.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD36D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD36D | 1.00 | 1.48 | 14.21 | 14.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.48 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E5CF64
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#ECD871
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC5BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D4D4D4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd36d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 211, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.126 94.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7e099',
500: '#efd36d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd36d; $custom-light: #f7e099; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd36d",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 211,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 47.077,
"s": 80.247,
"l": 68.235
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87003,
"c": 0.12585,
"h": 94.3
},
"luminance": 0.66043
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD36D
secondary
#3958C7
accent
#37DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F