#EFD562#EFD562

#EFD562 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.668; OKLCH L 87.3% C 0.137 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD562
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.41, -4.44, 58.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.41, 59.09, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(87.28% -0.0159 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(87.28% 0.137 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(61.5980, 66.8239, 21.2066)
Luminance	0.6682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD562 #627CEF

analogous

#EF8E62 #EFD562 #C2EF62

triadic

#EFD562 #62EFD5 #D562EF

tetradic

#EFD562 #62EF8E #627CEF #EF62C2

square

#EFD562 #62EF8E #627CEF #EF62C2

split-complementary

#EFD562 #62C2EF #8E62EF

monochromatic

#C3A214 #E9C62A #EFD562 #F5E49A #FAF3D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.36

#EFD562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD562

14.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD562	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)

#E8D056

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD967

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.3% 0.137 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e192',
    500: '#efd562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd562;
$custom-light: #f7e192;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87279,
    "c": 0.13708,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD562

secondary

#354EC1

accent

#2FDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD562

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

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