#EFD95F#EFD95F

#EFD95F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.143 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD95F
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 95)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.41, -6.67, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.41, 61.71, 96.20°)
OKLab	oklab(88.06% -0.0227 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.06% 0.143 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.4775, 68.8053, 20.8141)
Luminance	0.6880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD95F #5F75EF

analogous

#EF915F #EFD95F #BDEF5F

triadic

#EFD95F #5FEFD9 #D95FEF

tetradic

#EFD95F #5FEF91 #5F75EF #EF5FBD

square

#EFD95F #5FEF91 #5F75EF #EF5FBD

split-complementary

#EFD95F #5FBDEF #915FEF

monochromatic

#C0A613 #E9CC27 #EFD95F #F5E697 #FAF3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EFD95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD95F

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD95F	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)

#ECD452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.143 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e491',
    500: '#efd95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd95f;
$custom-light: #f7e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88056,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD95F

secondary

#3449BE

accent

#28DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD95F

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

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