#EFD969#EFD969

#EFD969 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.690; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.134 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD969
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 105)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 56.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.50, -5.96, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.50, 57.31, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(88.16% -0.0195 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(88.16% 0.134 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(62.9616, 68.9990, 23.3635)
Luminance	0.6900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD969 #697FEF

analogous

#EF9669 #EFD969 #C2EF69

triadic

#EFD969 #69EFD9 #D969EF

tetradic

#EFD969 #69EF96 #697FEF #EF69C2

square

#EFD969 #69EF96 #697FEF #EF69C2

split-complementary

#EFD969 #69C2EF #9669EF

monochromatic

#C8AB15 #E9CB32 #EFD969 #F5E7A0 #FBF5D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#EFD969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.80

#EFD969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD969

14.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD969	1.00	1.42	14.80	14.80
#FFFFFF	1.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.134 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e497',
    500: '#efd969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd969;
$custom-light: #f7e497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.149,
    "s": 80.723,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88163,
    "c": 0.13426,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.68996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD969

secondary

#374EC5

accent

#2BDD08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#18150E

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD969

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

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