#EFDD72#EFDD72

#EFDD72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.129 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD72
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.62, -7.28, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.62, 54.62, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0223 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.129 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(64.4924, 71.2809, 26.2778)
Luminance	0.7128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD72 #7284EF

analogous

#EF9F72 #EFDD72 #C3EF72

triadic

#EFDD72 #72EFDD #DD72EF

tetradic

#EFDD72 #72EF9F #7284EF #EF72C3

square

#EFDD72 #72EF9F #7284EF #EF72C3

split-complementary

#EFDD72 #72C3EF #9F72EF

monochromatic

#CFB518 #E9D03B #EFDD72 #F5EAA9 #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#EFDD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD72

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD72	1.00	1.38	15.26	15.26
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.129 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e79d',
    500: '#efdd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd72;
$custom-light: #f7e79d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.36,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89079,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD72

secondary

#3D51C8

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD72

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

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