#EFD55E#EFD55E

#EFD55E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.140 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD55E
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.38, -4.71, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.38, 60.84, 94.44°)
OKLab	oklab(87.24% -0.0172 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(87.24% 0.14 97)
XYZ	xyz(61.4138, 66.7502, 20.2367)
Luminance	0.6675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD55E #5E78EF

analogous

#EF8C5E #EFD55E #C1EF5E

triadic

#EFD55E #5EEFD5 #D55EEF

tetradic

#EFD55E #5EEF8C #5E78EF #EF5EC1

square

#EFD55E #5EEF8C #5E78EF #EF5EC1

split-complementary

#EFD55E #5EC1EF #8C5EEF

monochromatic

#C0A113 #E9C626 #EFD55E #F5E496 #FAF2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#EFD55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD55E

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD55E	1.00	1.46	14.35	14.35
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D051

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.140 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e190',
    500: '#efd55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd55e;
$custom-light: #f7e190;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.241,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87237,
    "c": 0.1404,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.66747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD55E

secondary

#334CBE

accent

#2EDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD55E

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

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