#EFD479#EFD479

#EFD479 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.115 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD479
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 121)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(46, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -2.12, 48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 48.19, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(87.36% -0.0066 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(87.36% 0.115 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(62.5934, 66.8208, 27.6861)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD479 #7994EF

analogous

#EF9979 #EFD479 #CFEF79

triadic

#EFD479 #79EFD4 #D479EF

tetradic

#EFD479 #79EF99 #7994EF #EF79CF

square

#EFD479 #79EF99 #7994EF #EF79CF

split-complementary

#EFD479 #79CFEF #9979EF

monochromatic

#D4A919 #E8C242 #EFD479 #F6E6B0 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD479 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#EFD479 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD479

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD479	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD479	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)

#E5D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD97D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd479;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.115 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a1',
    500: '#efd479',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd479;
$custom-light: #f6e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd479",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.271,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87359,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.66818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD479

secondary

#4462C9

accent

#3ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD479

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

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