#EFD852#EFD852

#EFD852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.152 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD852
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 65.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.04, -6.96, 66.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.04, 66.80, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(87.73% -0.025 0.1499)
OKLCH	oklch(87.73% 0.152 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.6782, 68.0745, 17.8719)
Luminance	0.6807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD852 #5269EF

analogous

#EF8952 #EFD852 #B8EF52

triadic

#EFD852 #52EFD8 #D852EF

tetradic

#EFD852 #52EF89 #5269EF #EF52B8

square

#EFD852 #52EF89 #5269EF #EF52B8

split-complementary

#EFD852 #52B8EF #8952EF

monochromatic

#B69E11 #EACB1A #EFD852 #F4E58A #F9F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EFD852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.61

#EFD852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD852

14.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD852	1.00	1.44	14.61	14.61
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.152 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e389',
    500: '#efd852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd852;
$custom-light: #f8e389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.21,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87733,
    "c": 0.15195,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD852

secondary

#3043B5

accent

#26DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD852

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

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