#EFD657#EFD657

#EFD657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD657
RGB	rgb(239, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -5.66, 63.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 64.12, 95.07°)
OKLab	oklab(87.37% -0.0207 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(87.37% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.3661, 67.1348, 18.7409)
Luminance	0.6713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD657 #5770EF

analogous

#EF8A57 #EFD657 #BCEF57

triadic

#EFD657 #57EFD6 #D657EF

tetradic

#EFD657 #57EF8A #5770EF #EF57BC

square

#EFD657 #57EF8A #5770EF #EF57BC

split-complementary

#EFD657 #57BCEF #8A57EF

monochromatic

#BA9E12 #EAC81F #EFD657 #F4E48F #FAF1C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#EFD657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#EFD657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD657

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD657	1.00	1.46	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e28c',
    500: '#efd657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd657;
$custom-light: #f8e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.132,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87371,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD657

secondary

#3148B9

accent

#2ADF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD657

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

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