#EFD95E#EFD95E

#EFD95E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD95E
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.40, -6.74, 61.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.40, 62.14, 96.22°)
OKLab	oklab(88.05% -0.023 0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(88.05% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.4323, 68.7873, 20.5762)
Luminance	0.6878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD95E #5E74EF

analogous

#EF915E #EFD95E #BCEF5E

triadic

#EFD95E #5EEFD9 #D95EEF

tetradic

#EFD95E #5EEF91 #5E74EF #EF5EBC

square

#EFD95E #5EEF91 #5E74EF #EF5EBC

split-complementary

#EFD95E #5EBCEF #915EEF

monochromatic

#C0A513 #E9CC26 #EFD95E #F5E696 #FAF3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EFD95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD95E

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD95E	1.00	1.42	14.76	14.76
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e490',
    500: '#efd95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd95e;
$custom-light: #f7e490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88046,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD95E

secondary

#3348BE

accent

#28DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD95E

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

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