#EFD859#EFD859

#EFD859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.682; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.147 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD859
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.10, -6.55, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.10, 63.93, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.023 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.147 99)
XYZ	xyz(61.9582, 68.1865, 19.3470)
Luminance	0.6818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD859 #5970EF

analogous

#EF8D59 #EFD859 #BBEF59

triadic

#EFD859 #59EFD8 #D859EF

tetradic

#EFD859 #59EF8D #5970EF #EF59BB

square

#EFD859 #59EF8D #5970EF #EF59BB

split-complementary

#EFD859 #59BBEF #8D59EF

monochromatic

#BCA212 #EACB21 #EFD859 #F4E591 #FAF2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.64

#EFD859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD859

14.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD859	1.00	1.43	14.64	14.64
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC9BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.147 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e38d',
    500: '#efd859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd859;
$custom-light: #f8e38d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87795,
    "c": 0.14673,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD859

secondary

#3247BA

accent

#28DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD859

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

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