#EFD66A#EFD66A
#EFD66A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.675; OKLCH L 87.6% C 0.131 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFD66A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 214, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(49, 81%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(49, 56%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 55.6%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(85.75, -4.37, 55.67) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(85.75, 55.84, 94.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(87.57% -0.0148 0.1301) |
| OKLCH | oklch(87.57% 0.131 96.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(62.2470, 67.4872, 23.3804) |
| Luminance | 0.6748 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 1.97
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 2.55
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 2.60
Sand Yellow
#FCE166
ΔE00 3.06
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 3.12
Yellow Tan
#FFE36E
ΔE00 3.22
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFD66A #6A83EF
analogous
#EF946A #EFD66A #C5EF6A
triadic
#EFD66A #6AEFD6 #D66AEF
tetradic
#EFD66A #6AEF94 #6A83EF #EF6AC5
square
#EFD66A #6AEF94 #6A83EF #EF6AC5
split-complementary
#EFD66A #6AC5EF #946AEF
monochromatic
#C9A716 #E9C733 #EFD66A #F5E5A1 #FBF4D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.45
#EFD66A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
14.50
#EFD66A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFD66A
14.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFD66A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFD66A | 1.00 | 1.45 | 14.50 | 14.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.45 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 14.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 14.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#E8D260
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#EFDA6F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFC8BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#D6D6D6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efd66a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 214, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(87.6% 0.131 96.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f7e298',
500: '#efd66a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efd66a; $custom-light: #f7e298; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efd66a",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 214,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 48.722,
"s": 80.606,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.87569,
"c": 0.13091,
"h": 96.5
},
"luminance": 0.67484
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFD66A
secondary
#3752C6
accent
#30DD09
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFCF5
border
#D7D5CF
text
#18150E
muted
#86847F