#EFD86C#EFD86C

#EFD86C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.685; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.131 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD86C
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 108)
HSL	hsl(49, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.28, -5.23, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.28, 55.60, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(88% -0.0171 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(88% 0.131 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(62.8615, 68.5478, 24.1043)
Luminance	0.6855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD86C #6C83EF

analogous

#EF976C #EFD86C #C4EF6C

triadic

#EFD86C #6CEFD8 #D86CEF

tetradic

#EFD86C #6CEF97 #6C83EF #EF6CC4

square

#EFD86C #6CEF97 #6C83EF #EF6CC4

split-complementary

#EFD86C #6CC4EF #976CEF

monochromatic

#CBAB16 #E9C935 #EFD86C #F5E7A3 #FBF5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.71

#EFD86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD86C

14.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD86C	1.00	1.43	14.71	14.71
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DB71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.131 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e399',
    500: '#efd86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd86c;
$custom-light: #f7e399;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.466,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87995,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD86C

secondary

#3851C7

accent

#2EDD09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD86C

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

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