#EFDD78#EFDD78

#EFDD78 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.124 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD78
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 120)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -6.77, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 51.83, 97.51°)
OKLab	oklab(89.16% -0.0202 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(89.16% 0.124 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(64.8452, 71.4221, 28.1357)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD78 #788AEF

analogous

#EFA178 #EFDD78 #C6EF78

triadic

#EFDD78 #78EFDD #DD78EF

tetradic

#EFDD78 #78EFA1 #788AEF #EF78C6

square

#EFDD78 #78EFA1 #788AEF #EF78C6

split-complementary

#EFDD78 #78C6EF #A178EF

monochromatic

#D4B719 #E9CF41 #EFDD78 #F5EBAF #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EFDD78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD78

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD78	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)

#EED86F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.124 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a1',
    500: '#efdd78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd78;
$custom-light: #f6e7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89155,
    "c": 0.12373,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.7142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD78

secondary

#4357C9

accent

#2ADB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD78

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

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