#EFD55F#EFD55F

#EFD55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.140 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD55F
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.39, -4.65, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.39, 60.40, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(87.25% -0.0169 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(87.25% 0.14 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.4590, 66.7683, 20.4745)
Luminance	0.6676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD55F #5F79EF

analogous

#EF8D5F #EFD55F #C1EF5F

triadic

#EFD55F #5FEFD5 #D55FEF

tetradic

#EFD55F #5FEF8D #5F79EF #EF5FC1

square

#EFD55F #5FEF8D #5F79EF #EF5FC1

split-complementary

#EFD55F #5FC1EF #8D5FEF

monochromatic

#C0A113 #E9C627 #EFD55F #F5E497 #FAF2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.35

#EFD55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD55F

14.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD55F	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)

#E8D052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD965

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.140 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e191',
    500: '#efd55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd55f;
$custom-light: #f7e191;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87247,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD55F

secondary

#344DBE

accent

#2EDE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD55F

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

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