#EFD960#EFD960

#EFD960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD960
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 96)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.42, -6.60, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.42, 61.28, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(88.07% -0.0224 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(88.07% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.5233, 68.8236, 21.0550)
Luminance	0.6882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD960 #6076EF

analogous

#EF9160 #EFD960 #BDEF60

triadic

#EFD960 #60EFD9 #D960EF

tetradic

#EFD960 #60EF91 #6076EF #EF60BD

square

#EFD960 #60EF91 #6076EF #EF60BD

split-complementary

#EFD960 #60BDEF #9160EF

monochromatic

#C1A613 #E9CC28 #EFD960 #F5E698 #FAF4CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.76

#EFD960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD960

14.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD960	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)

#ECD453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e491',
    500: '#efd960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd960;
$custom-light: #f7e491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88066,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD960

secondary

#3449BF

accent

#28DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD960

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

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