#EFDD73#EFDD73

#EFDD73 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.129 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD73
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 115)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.63, -7.20, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.63, 54.16, 97.63°)
OKLab	oklab(89.09% -0.022 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(89.09% 0.129 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.5496, 71.3038, 26.5792)
Luminance	0.7130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD73 #7385EF

analogous

#EF9F73 #EFDD73 #C3EF73

triadic

#EFDD73 #73EFDD #DD73EF

tetradic

#EFDD73 #73EF9F #7385EF #EF73C3

square

#EFDD73 #73EF9F #7385EF #EF73C3

split-complementary

#EFDD73 #73C3EF #9F73EF

monochromatic

#D0B518 #E9D03C #EFDD73 #F5EAAA #FCF8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.26

#EFDD73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD73

15.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD73	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)

#EED869

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.129 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e79e',
    500: '#efdd73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd73;
$custom-light: #f7e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.29,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89092,
    "c": 0.12854,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD73

secondary

#3E52C8

accent

#28DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD73

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

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