#EFDD4A#EFDD4A

#EFDD4A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.706; OKLCH L 88.7% C 0.161 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD4A
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 69%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.27, -9.90, 70.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.27, 71.48, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.69% -0.0342 0.1578)
OKLCH	oklch(88.69% 0.161 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(62.6918, 70.5607, 16.7946)
Luminance	0.7056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD4A #4A5CEF

analogous

#EF8B4A #EFDD4A #AEEF4A

triadic

#EFDD4A #4AEFDD #DD4AEF

tetradic

#EFDD4A #4AEF8B #4A5CEF #EF4AAE

square

#EFDD4A #4AEF8B #4A5CEF #EF4AAE

split-complementary

#EFDD4A #4AAEEF #8B4AEF

monochromatic

#AF9E0F #E7D014 #EFDD4A #F4E882 #F9F2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EFDD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.11

#EFDD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD4A

15.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD4A	1.00	1.39	15.11	15.11
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.7% 0.161 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e785',
    500: '#efdd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd4a;
$custom-light: #f8e785;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88689,
    "c": 0.16145,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD4A

secondary

#2E3CAF

accent

#1DE005

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD4A

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

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