#EFD56B#EFD56B
#EFD56B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.670; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.129 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD56B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 213, 107) |
| HSL | hsl(48, 80%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(48, 55%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.2%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.51, -3.78, 54.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.51, 55.05, 93.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.38% -0.013 0.1286) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.38% 0.129 95.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.0471, 67.0035, 23.5718) |
| Luminance | 0.6700 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.93
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.42
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.67
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 2.93
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.34
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD56B #6B85EF
analogous
#EF936B #EFD56B #C7EF6B
triadic
#EFD56B #6BEFD5 #D56BEF
tetradic
#EFD56B #6BEF93 #6B85EF #EF6BC7
square
#EFD56B #6BEF93 #6B85EF #EF6BC7
split-complementary
#EFD56B #6BC7EF #936BEF
monochromatic
#CAA616 #E9C534 #EFD56B #F5E5A2 #FBF4D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.46
#EFD56B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.40
#EFD56B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD56B
14.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD56B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD56B | 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)
#E7D161
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EED970
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC7BD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd56b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 107); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.129 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7e198',
500: '#efd56b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd56b; $custom-light: #f7e198; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd56b",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 213,
"b": 107
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.182,
"s": 80.488,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8738,
"c": 0.12922,
"h": 95.8
},
"luminance": 0.67001
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD56B
secondary
#3754C7
accent
#32DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F