#EFD961#EFD961

#EFD961 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.688; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.141 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD961
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 97)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.43, -6.54, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.43, 60.85, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(88.08% -0.0221 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(88.08% 0.141 99)
XYZ	xyz(62.5696, 68.8422, 21.2990)
Luminance	0.6884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD961 #6177EF

analogous

#EF9261 #EFD961 #BEEF61

triadic

#EFD961 #61EFD9 #D961EF

tetradic

#EFD961 #61EF92 #6177EF #EF61BE

square

#EFD961 #61EF92 #6177EF #EF61BE

split-complementary

#EFD961 #61BEEF #9261EF

monochromatic

#C2A714 #E9CC29 #EFD961 #F5E699 #FAF4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EFD961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD961

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD961	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)

#ECD454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.141 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e492',
    500: '#efd961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd961;
$custom-light: #f7e492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.704,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88076,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.68839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD961

secondary

#344AC0

accent

#29DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD961

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

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