#EFDD52#EFDD52

#EFDD52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.156 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD52
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 82)
HSL	hsl(53, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 65.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.33, -9.47, 67.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.33, 68.43, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(88.75% -0.0321 0.1527)
OKLCH	oklch(88.75% 0.156 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(62.9787, 70.6754, 18.3054)
Luminance	0.7067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD52 #5264EF

analogous

#EF8E52 #EFDD52 #B2EF52

triadic

#EFDD52 #52EFDD #DD52EF

tetradic

#EFDD52 #52EF8E #5264EF #EF52B2

square

#EFDD52 #52EF8E #5264EF #EF52B2

split-complementary

#EFDD52 #52B2EF #8E52EF

monochromatic

#B6A311 #EAD21A #EFDD52 #F4E88A #F9F3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EFDD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#EFDD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD52

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD52	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D640

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.156 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8e789',
    500: '#efdd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd52;
$custom-light: #f8e789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.121,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88751,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.70673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD52

secondary

#303FB5

accent

#1FDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD52

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

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