#EFDE5F#EFDE5F

#EFDE5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.147 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE5F
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.69, -9.18, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.69, 63.43, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.07% -0.0299 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(89.07% 0.147 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.7858, 71.4220, 21.2502)
Luminance	0.7142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE5F #5F70EF

analogous

#EF965F #EFDE5F #B8EF5F

triadic

#EFDE5F #5FEFDE #DE5FEF

tetradic

#EFDE5F #5FEF96 #5F70EF #EF5FB8

square

#EFDE5F #5FEF96 #5F70EF #EF5FB8

split-complementary

#EFDE5F #5FB8EF #965FEF

monochromatic

#C0AC13 #E9D327 #EFDE5F #F5E997 #FAF5CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.28

#EFDE5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE5F

15.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE5F	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)

#F1D851

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.147 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e891',
    500: '#efde5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde5f;
$custom-light: #f7e891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89073,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE5F

secondary

#3444BE

accent

#21DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE5F

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

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