#EFD659#EFD659

#EFD659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.672; OKLCH L 87.4% C 0.145 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD659
RGB	rgb(239, 214, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.59, -5.54, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.59, 63.29, 95.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.39% -0.0201 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(87.39% 0.145 98)
XYZ	xyz(61.4490, 67.1680, 19.1772)
Luminance	0.6716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD659 #5972EF

analogous

#EF8B59 #EFD659 #BDEF59

triadic

#EFD659 #59EFD6 #D659EF

tetradic

#EFD659 #59EF8B #5972EF #EF59BD

square

#EFD659 #59EF8B #5972EF #EF59BD

split-complementary

#EFD659 #59BDEF #8B59EF

monochromatic

#BC9F12 #EAC821 #EFD659 #F4E491 #FAF2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EFD659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.43

#EFD659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD659

14.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD659	1.00	1.45	14.43	14.43
#FFFFFF	1.45	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)

#E9D14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC7BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 214, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.4% 0.145 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e28d',
    500: '#efd659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd659;
$custom-light: #f8e28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8739,
    "c": 0.14514,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.67165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD659

secondary

#3249BA

accent

#2BDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD659

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →