#EFD965#EFD965

#EFD965 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.689; OKLCH L 88.1% C 0.138 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD965
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 101)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 57.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.46, -6.26, 58.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.46, 59.09, 96.08°)
OKLab	oklab(88.12% -0.0208 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(88.12% 0.138 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.7608, 68.9187, 22.3061)
Luminance	0.6892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD965 #657BEF

analogous

#EF9465 #EFD965 #C0EF65

triadic

#EFD965 #65EFD9 #D965EF

tetradic

#EFD965 #65EF94 #657BEF #EF65C0

square

#EFD965 #65EF94 #657BEF #EF65C0

split-complementary

#EFD965 #65C0EF #9465EF

monochromatic

#C5A914 #E9CB2E #EFD965 #F5E79C #FBF4D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD965 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.78

#EFD965 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD965

14.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD965	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD965	1.00	1.42	14.78	14.78
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ECD459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DC6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd965;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.1% 0.138 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e495',
    500: '#efd965',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd965;
$custom-light: #f7e495;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd965",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.435,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88118,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.68916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD965

secondary

#364CC3

accent

#2ADE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD965

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

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