#EFD861#EFD861

#EFD861 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.140 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD861
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 97)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.17, -6.03, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.17, 60.51, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(87.87% -0.0206 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(87.87% 0.14 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.3126, 68.3282, 21.2133)
Luminance	0.6833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD861 #6178EF

analogous

#EF9161 #EFD861 #BFEF61

triadic

#EFD861 #61EFD8 #D861EF

tetradic

#EFD861 #61EF91 #6178EF #EF61BF

square

#EFD861 #61EF91 #6178EF #EF61BF

split-complementary

#EFD861 #61BFEF #9161EF

monochromatic

#C2A614 #E9CA29 #EFD861 #F5E699 #FAF3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD861 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#EFD861 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD861

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD861	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD861	1.00	1.43	14.67	14.67
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD354

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd861;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.140 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e392',
    500: '#efd861',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd861;
$custom-light: #f7e392;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd861",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.282,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87874,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD861

secondary

#344BC0

accent

#2ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD861

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

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