#EFDD79#EFDD79

#EFDD79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.2% C 0.123 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDD79
RGB	rgb(239, 221, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.5%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -6.69, 50.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 51.36, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.17% -0.0199 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(89.17% 0.123 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.9062, 71.4465, 28.4570)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDD79 #798BEF

analogous

#EFA279 #EFDD79 #C6EF79

triadic

#EFDD79 #79EFDD #DD79EF

tetradic

#EFDD79 #79EFA2 #798BEF #EF79C6

square

#EFDD79 #79EFA2 #798BEF #EF79C6

split-complementary

#EFDD79 #79C6EF #A279EF

monochromatic

#D4B819 #E8CF42 #EFDD79 #F6EBB0 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#EFDD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDD79

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDD79	1.00	1.37	15.29	15.29
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F3DF7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED0C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdd79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 221, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.2% 0.123 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e7a2',
    500: '#efdd79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdd79;
$custom-light: #f6e7a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdd79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 221,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89169,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDD79

secondary

#4458C9

accent

#2ADB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDD79

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

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