#EFDD74#EFDD74

#EFDD74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.713; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD74
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.64, -7.11, 53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.64, 53.70, 97.61°)
OKLab	oklab(89.1% -0.0216 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(89.1% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(64.6075, 71.3270, 26.8839)
Luminance	0.7133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD74 #7486EF

analogous

#EFA074 #EFDD74 #C3EF74

triadic

#EFDD74 #74EFDD #DD74EF

tetradic

#EFDD74 #74EFA0 #7486EF #EF74C3

square

#EFDD74 #74EFA0 #7486EF #EF74C3

split-complementary

#EFDD74 #74C3EF #A074EF

monochromatic

#D1B618 #E9D03D #EFDD74 #F5EAAB #FCF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.38

#EFDD74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.27

#EFDD74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD74

15.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD74	1.00	1.38	15.27	15.27
#FFFFFF	1.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e79e',
    500: '#efdd74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd74;
$custom-light: #f6e79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89104,
    "c": 0.1276,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.71325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD74

secondary

#3F53C8

accent

#29DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD74

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

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