#EFDC79#EFDC79

#EFDC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 89.0% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDC79
RGB	rgb(239, 220, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.9%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.45, -6.18, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.45, 50.99, 96.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.97% -0.0184 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(88.97% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(64.6430, 70.9200, 28.3693)
Luminance	0.7092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDC79 #798CEF

analogous

#EFA179 #EFDC79 #C7EF79

triadic

#EFDC79 #79EFDC #DC79EF

tetradic

#EFDC79 #79EFA1 #798CEF #EF79C7

square

#EFDC79 #79EFA1 #798CEF #EF79C7

split-complementary

#EFDC79 #79C7EF #A179EF

monochromatic

#D4B619 #E8CE42 #EFDC79 #F6EAB0 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EFDC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDC79

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDC79	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)

#EDD770

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DE7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FECFC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdc79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 220, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.0% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e6a2',
    500: '#efdc79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdc79;
$custom-light: #f6e6a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdc79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88966,
    "c": 0.12185,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.70918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDC79

secondary

#4459C9

accent

#2CDB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDC79

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

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