#EFD879#EFD879

#EFD879 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.118 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD879
RGB	rgb(239, 216, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -4.15, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 49.55, 94.81°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0126 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.118 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(63.6057, 68.8455, 28.0235)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD879 #7990EF

analogous

#EF9D79 #EFD879 #CBEF79

triadic

#EFD879 #79EFD8 #D879EF

tetradic

#EFD879 #79EF9D #7990EF #EF79CB

square

#EFD879 #79EF9D #7990EF #EF79CB

split-complementary

#EFD879 #79CBEF #9D79EF

monochromatic

#D4B019 #E8C842 #EFD879 #F6E8B0 #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EFD879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD879

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD879	1.00	1.42	14.77	14.77
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E9D471

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFDC7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 216, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.118 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e3a1',
    500: '#efd879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd879;
$custom-light: #f6e3a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8816,
    "c": 0.11839,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD879

secondary

#445DC9

accent

#33DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD879

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

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