#EFD869#EFD869

#EFD869 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.133 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD869
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 56.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.25, -5.46, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.25, 56.96, 95.50°)
OKLab	oklab(87.96% -0.0181 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(87.96% 0.133 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(62.7046, 68.4850, 23.2779)
Luminance	0.6848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD869 #6980EF

analogous

#EF9569 #EFD869 #C3EF69

triadic

#EFD869 #69EFD8 #D869EF

tetradic

#EFD869 #69EF95 #6980EF #EF69C3

square

#EFD869 #69EF95 #6980EF #EF69C3

split-complementary

#EFD869 #69C3EF #9569EF

monochromatic

#C8AA15 #E9CA32 #EFD869 #F5E6A0 #FBF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD869 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EFD869 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD869

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD869	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD869	1.00	1.43	14.70	14.70
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DB6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd869;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.133 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e397',
    500: '#efd869',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd869;
$custom-light: #f7e397;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd869",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.701,
    "s": 80.723,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87961,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.68482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD869

secondary

#374FC5

accent

#2DDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD869

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

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