#EFDD62#EFDD62

#EFDD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.709; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.144 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD62
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 98)
HSL	hsl(52, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.46, -8.48, 61.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.46, 61.79, 97.89°)
OKLab	oklab(88.9% -0.0275 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(88.9% 0.144 101)
XYZ	xyz(63.6600, 70.9480, 21.8940)
Luminance	0.7095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD62 #6274EF

analogous

#EF9662 #EFDD62 #BBEF62

triadic

#EFDD62 #62EFDD #DD62EF

tetradic

#EFDD62 #62EF96 #6274EF #EF62BB

square

#EFDD62 #62EF96 #6274EF #EF62BB

split-complementary

#EFDD62 #62BBEF #9662EF

monochromatic

#C3AC14 #E9D12A #EFDD62 #F5E99A #FAF5D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.19

#EFDD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD62

15.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD62	1.00	1.38	15.19	15.19
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D755

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5DE68

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCFC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.144 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e793',
    500: '#efdd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd62;
$custom-light: #f7e793;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.34,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88899,
    "c": 0.1437,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.70945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD62

secondary

#3547C1

accent

#23DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD62

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

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