#EFD95B#EFD95B

#EFD95B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.146 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD95B
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 61.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.37, -6.93, 63.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.37, 63.42, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% -0.0239 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.146 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.3003, 68.7345, 19.8810)
Luminance	0.6873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD95B #5B71EF

analogous

#EF8F5B #EFD95B #BBEF5B

triadic

#EFD95B #5BEFD9 #D95BEF

tetradic

#EFD95B #5BEF8F #5B71EF #EF5BBB

square

#EFD95B #5BEF8F #5B71EF #EF5BBB

split-complementary

#EFD95B #5BBBEF #8F5BEF

monochromatic

#BDA412 #EACC23 #EFD95B #F4E693 #FAF3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD95B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.75

#EFD95B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD95B

14.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD95B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD95B	1.00	1.42	14.75	14.75
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCABE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd95b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.146 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e48e',
    500: '#efd95b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd95b;
$custom-light: #f7e48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd95b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88017,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD95B

secondary

#3347BC

accent

#27DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD95B

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

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