#EFD478#EFD478

#EFD478 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.116 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD478
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 120)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.40, -2.20, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.40, 48.67, 92.60°)
OKLab	oklab(87.35% -0.007 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(87.35% 0.116 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.5324, 66.7964, 27.3648)
Luminance	0.6679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD478 #7893EF

analogous

#EF9978 #EFD478 #CEEF78

triadic

#EFD478 #78EFD4 #D478EF

tetradic

#EFD478 #78EF99 #7893EF #EF78CE

square

#EFD478 #78EF99 #7893EF #EF78CE

split-complementary

#EFD478 #78CEEF #9978EF

monochromatic

#D4A919 #E9C341 #EFD478 #F5E5AF #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD478 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#EFD478 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD478

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD478	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD478	1.00	1.46	14.36	14.36
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd478;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.116 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a1',
    500: '#efd478',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd478;
$custom-light: #f6e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd478",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.387,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87345,
    "c": 0.11616,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.66794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD478

secondary

#4361C9

accent

#3ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD478

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

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