#EFD856#EFD856

#EFD856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.149 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD856
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, -6.73, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 65.18, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0239 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.149 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.8348, 68.1371, 18.6970)
Luminance	0.6813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD856 #566DEF

analogous

#EF8B56 #EFD856 #BAEF56

triadic

#EFD856 #56EFD8 #D856EF

tetradic

#EFD856 #56EF8B #566DEF #EF56BA

square

#EFD856 #56EF8B #566DEF #EF56BA

split-complementary

#EFD856 #56BAEF #8B56EF

monochromatic

#B9A012 #EACB1E #EFD856 #F4E58E #FAF2C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EFD856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EFD856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD856

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD856	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.149 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e38b',
    500: '#efd856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd856;
$custom-light: #f8e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.98,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87767,
    "c": 0.14901,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD856

secondary

#3145B8

accent

#27DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD856

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

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