#EFD462#EFD462

#EFD462 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.136 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD462
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.16, -3.93, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.16, 58.77, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(87.08% -0.0145 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(87.08% 0.136 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3472, 66.3224, 21.1230)
Luminance	0.6632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD462 #627DEF

analogous

#EF8D62 #EFD462 #C3EF62

triadic

#EFD462 #62EFD4 #D462EF

tetradic

#EFD462 #62EF8D #627DEF #EF62C3

square

#EFD462 #62EF8D #627DEF #EF62C3

split-complementary

#EFD462 #62C3EF #8D62EF

monochromatic

#C3A114 #E9C52A #EFD462 #F5E39A #FAF2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#EFD462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#EFD462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD462

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD462	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)

#E7D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC6BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.136 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e092',
    500: '#efd462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd462;
$custom-light: #f7e092;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87077,
    "c": 0.13631,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD462

secondary

#354FC1

accent

#31DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD462

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

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