#EFDD77#EFDD77

#EFDD77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.125 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD77
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 119)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.68, -6.86, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.68, 52.30, 97.54°)
OKLab	oklab(89.14% -0.0206 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(89.14% 0.125 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7848, 71.3979, 27.8178)
Luminance	0.7140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD77 #7789EF

analogous

#EFA177 #EFDD77 #C5EF77

triadic

#EFDD77 #77EFDD #DD77EF

tetradic

#EFDD77 #77EFA1 #7789EF #EF77C5

square

#EFDD77 #77EFA1 #7789EF #EF77C5

split-complementary

#EFDD77 #77C5EF #A177EF

monochromatic

#D3B719 #E9CF40 #EFDD77 #F5EBAE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EFDD77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD77

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD77	1.00	1.37	15.28	15.28
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED86E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.125 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a0',
    500: '#efdd77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd77;
$custom-light: #f6e7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89142,
    "c": 0.1247,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD77

secondary

#4256C8

accent

#2ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD77

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

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