#EFDC5E#EFDC5E

#EFDC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.703; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.146 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC5E
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.17, -8.25, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.17, 63.16, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(88.66% -0.0273 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(88.66% 0.146 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(63.2126, 70.3479, 20.8363)
Luminance	0.7035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC5E #5E71EF

analogous

#EF935E #EFDC5E #B9EF5E

triadic

#EFDC5E #5EEFDC #DC5EEF

tetradic

#EFDC5E #5EEF93 #5E71EF #EF5EB9

square

#EFDC5E #5EEF93 #5E71EF #EF5EB9

split-complementary

#EFDC5E #5EB9EF #935EEF

monochromatic

#C0A913 #E9D026 #EFDC5E #F5E896 #FAF4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EFDC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.07

#EFDC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC5E

15.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC5E	1.00	1.39	15.07	15.07
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.146 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e690',
    500: '#efdc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc5e;
$custom-light: #f7e690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.138,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88655,
    "c": 0.1461,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC5E

secondary

#3346BE

accent

#23DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC5E

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

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