#EFDD60#EFDD60

#EFDD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.145 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD60
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 96)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.44, -8.61, 62.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.44, 62.66, 97.90°)
OKLab	oklab(88.88% -0.0281 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(88.88% 0.145 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.5668, 70.9107, 21.4028)
Luminance	0.7091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD60 #6072EF

analogous

#EF9660 #EFDD60 #B9EF60

triadic

#EFDD60 #60EFDD #DD60EF

tetradic

#EFDD60 #60EF96 #6072EF #EF60B9

square

#EFDD60 #60EF96 #6072EF #EF60B9

split-complementary

#EFDD60 #60B9EF #9660EF

monochromatic

#C1AB13 #E9D128 #EFDD60 #F5E998 #FAF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.18

#EFDD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD60

15.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD60	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)

#F0D752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.145 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e792',
    500: '#efdd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd60;
$custom-light: #f7e792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88879,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD60

secondary

#3446BF

accent

#22DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD60

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

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