#EFDC78#EFDC78

#EFDC78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC78
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -6.27, 51.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 51.46, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(88.95% -0.0188 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(88.95% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5820, 70.8956, 28.0480)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC78 #788BEF

analogous

#EFA078 #EFDC78 #C7EF78

triadic

#EFDC78 #78EFDC #DC78EF

tetradic

#EFDC78 #78EFA0 #788BEF #EF78C7

square

#EFDC78 #78EFA0 #788BEF #EF78C7

split-complementary

#EFDC78 #78C7EF #A078EF

monochromatic

#D4B619 #E9CE41 #EFDC78 #F5EAAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDC78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EFDC78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC78

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC78	1.00	1.38	15.18	15.18
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EDD76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6a1',
    500: '#efdc78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc78;
$custom-light: #f6e6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88953,
    "c": 0.12282,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.70893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC78

secondary

#4358C9

accent

#2CDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC78

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

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