#EFD579#EFD579

#EFD579 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.116 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD579
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 121)
HSL	hsl(47, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(47, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.67, -2.63, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.67, 48.52, 93.10°)
OKLab	oklab(87.56% -0.0081 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(87.56% 0.116 94)
XYZ	xyz(62.8441, 67.3223, 27.7697)
Luminance	0.6732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD579 #7993EF

analogous

#EF9A79 #EFD579 #CEEF79

triadic

#EFD579 #79EFD5 #D579EF

tetradic

#EFD579 #79EF9A #7993EF #EF79CE

square

#EFD579 #79EF9A #7993EF #EF79CE

split-complementary

#EFD579 #79CEEF #9A79EF

monochromatic

#D4AB19 #E8C442 #EFD579 #F6E6B0 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EFD579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EFD579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD579

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD579	1.00	1.45	14.46	14.46
#FFFFFF	1.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDDA7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.116 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e1a1',
    500: '#efd579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd579;
$custom-light: #f6e1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.78,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87559,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.6732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD579

secondary

#4461C9

accent

#38DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD579

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

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