#EFD480#EFD480

#EFD480 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.108 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD480
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 128)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(45, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 46.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.50, -1.48, 44.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.50, 44.85, 91.89°)
OKLab	oklab(87.46% -0.0041 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(87.46% 0.108 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.0383, 66.9988, 30.0294)
Luminance	0.6700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD480 #809BEF

analogous

#EF9D80 #EFD480 #D3EF80

triadic

#EFD480 #80EFD4 #D480EF

tetradic

#EFD480 #80EF9D #809BEF #EF80D3

square

#EFD480 #80EF9D #809BEF #EF80D3

split-complementary

#EFD480 #80D3EF #9D80EF

monochromatic

#D9AB1B #E8C24A #EFD480 #F6E6B6 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.40

#EFD480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD480

14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD480	1.00	1.46	14.40	14.40
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5D179

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEC8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.108 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a6',
    500: '#efd480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd480;
$custom-light: #f6e1a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 77.622,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87459,
    "c": 0.10815,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD480

secondary

#4A69C9

accent

#3EDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD480

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

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