#EFD461#EFD461

#EFD461 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD461
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -4.00, 59.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 59.21, 93.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.07% -0.0148 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(87.07% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.3003, 66.3036, 20.8759)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD461 #617CEF

analogous

#EF8D61 #EFD461 #C3EF61

triadic

#EFD461 #61EFD4 #D461EF

tetradic

#EFD461 #61EF8D #617CEF #EF61C3

square

#EFD461 #61EF8D #617CEF #EF61C3

split-complementary

#EFD461 #61C3EF #8D61EF

monochromatic

#C2A114 #E9C529 #EFD461 #F5E399 #FAF2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EFD461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#EFD461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD461

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD461	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E7D055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED866

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e092',
    500: '#efd461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd461;
$custom-light: #f7e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87067,
    "c": 0.13715,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD461

secondary

#344FC0

accent

#30DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD461

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

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