#EFD86A#EFD86A

#EFD86A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.133 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD86A
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 106)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 55.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.26, -5.38, 56.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.26, 56.51, 95.47°)
OKLab	oklab(87.97% -0.0177 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(87.97% 0.133 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7563, 68.5057, 23.5501)
Luminance	0.6850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD86A #6A81EF

analogous

#EF956A #EFD86A #C4EF6A

triadic

#EFD86A #6AEFD8 #D86AEF

tetradic

#EFD86A #6AEF95 #6A81EF #EF6AC4

square

#EFD86A #6AEF95 #6A81EF #EF6AC4

split-complementary

#EFD86A #6AC4EF #956AEF

monochromatic

#C9AA16 #E9CA33 #EFD86A #F5E6A1 #FBF5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD86A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.70

#EFD86A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD86A

14.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD86A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD86A	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)

#EAD35F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd86a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.133 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e398',
    500: '#efd86a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd86a;
$custom-light: #f7e398;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd86a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.624,
    "s": 80.606,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87972,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD86A

secondary

#3750C6

accent

#2DDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD86A

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

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