#EFDD5F#EFDD5F

#EFDD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD5F
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.43, -8.68, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.43, 63.08, 97.91°)
OKLab	oklab(88.87% -0.0284 0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(88.87% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5210, 70.8924, 21.1619)
Luminance	0.7089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD5F #5F71EF

analogous

#EF955F #EFDD5F #B9EF5F

triadic

#EFDD5F #5FEFDD #DD5FEF

tetradic

#EFDD5F #5FEF95 #5F71EF #EF5FB9

square

#EFDD5F #5FEF95 #5F71EF #EF5FB9

split-complementary

#EFDD5F #5FB9EF #955FEF

monochromatic

#C0AB13 #E9D127 #EFDD5F #F5E997 #FAF5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EFDD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD5F

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD5F	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)

#F0D751

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e791',
    500: '#efdd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd5f;
$custom-light: #f7e791;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88869,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD5F

secondary

#3445BE

accent

#22DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD5F

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

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