#EFD661#EFD661

#EFD661 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.673; OKLCH L 87.5% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD661
RGB	rgb(239, 214, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.66, -5.02, 59.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.66, 59.85, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.47% -0.0177 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(87.47% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.8034, 67.3097, 21.0436)
Luminance	0.6731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD661 #617AEF

analogous

#EF8F61 #EFD661 #C1EF61

triadic

#EFD661 #61EFD6 #D661EF

tetradic

#EFD661 #61EF8F #617AEF #EF61C1

square

#EFD661 #61EF8F #617AEF #EF61C1

split-complementary

#EFD661 #61C1EF #8F61EF

monochromatic

#C2A314 #E9C829 #EFD661 #F5E499 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.45

#EFD661 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.46

#EFD661 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD661

14.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD661	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD661	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)

#E9D155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC8BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd661;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 214, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.5% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e292',
    500: '#efd661',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd661;
$custom-light: #f7e292;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd661",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8747,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.67307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD661

secondary

#344DC0

accent

#2DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD661

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

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