#EFD962#EFD962

#EFD962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD962
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 98)
HSL	hsl(51, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.44, -6.47, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.44, 60.41, 96.14°)
OKLab	oklab(88.09% -0.0218 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(88.09% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.6165, 68.8609, 21.5461)
Luminance	0.6886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD962 #6278EF

analogous

#EF9262 #EFD962 #BEEF62

triadic

#EFD962 #62EFD9 #D962EF

tetradic

#EFD962 #62EF92 #6278EF #EF62BE

square

#EFD962 #62EF92 #6278EF #EF62BE

split-complementary

#EFD962 #62BEEF #9262EF

monochromatic

#C3A714 #E9CC2A #EFD962 #F5E69A #FAF4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.77

#EFD962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD962

14.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD962	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)

#ECD455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e493',
    500: '#efd962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd962;
$custom-light: #f7e493;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.638,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88086,
    "c": 0.1403,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.68858
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD962

secondary

#354AC1

accent

#29DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD962

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

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