#EFDD5B#EFDD5B

#EFDD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.708; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.149 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD5B
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 61.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.40, -8.94, 64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.40, 64.77, 97.93°)
OKLab	oklab(88.83% -0.0296 0.1464)
OKLCH	oklch(88.83% 0.149 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(63.3439, 70.8215, 20.2288)
Luminance	0.7082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD5B #5B6DEF

analogous

#EF935B #EFDD5B #B7EF5B

triadic

#EFDD5B #5BEFDD #DD5BEF

tetradic

#EFDD5B #5BEF93 #5B6DEF #EF5BB7

square

#EFDD5B #5BEF93 #5B6DEF #EF5BB7

split-complementary

#EFDD5B #5BB7EF #935BEF

monochromatic

#BDA812 #EAD123 #EFDD5B #F4E993 #FAF4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.16

#EFDD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD5B

15.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD5B	1.00	1.38	15.16	15.16
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.149 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e78f',
    500: '#efdd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd5b;
$custom-light: #f7e78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.703,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8883,
    "c": 0.14934,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.70819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD5B

secondary

#3343BC

accent

#21DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD5B

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

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