#EFD862#EFD862

#EFD862 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.683; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.139 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD862
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.18, -5.96, 59.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.18, 60.08, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% -0.0203 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.139 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3595, 68.3470, 21.4605)
Luminance	0.6834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD862 #6279EF

analogous

#EF9162 #EFD862 #BFEF62

triadic

#EFD862 #62EFD8 #D862EF

tetradic

#EFD862 #62EF91 #6279EF #EF62BF

square

#EFD862 #62EF91 #6279EF #EF62BF

split-complementary

#EFD862 #62BFEF #9162EF

monochromatic

#C3A614 #E9CA2A #EFD862 #F5E69A #FAF4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD862 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.67

#EFD862 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD862

14.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD862	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD862	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)

#EBD356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd862;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.139 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e393',
    500: '#efd862',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd862;
$custom-light: #f7e393;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd862",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87884,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD862

secondary

#354BC1

accent

#2BDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD862

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

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