#EFDE60#EFDE60

#EFDE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.714; OKLCH L 89.1% C 0.146 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE60
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 96)
HSL	hsl(53, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(53, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.70, -9.12, 62.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.70, 63.01, 98.32°)
OKLab	oklab(89.08% -0.0296 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(89.08% 0.146 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(63.8316, 71.4403, 21.4911)
Luminance	0.7144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE60 #6071EF

analogous

#EF9660 #EFDE60 #B8EF60

triadic

#EFDE60 #60EFDE #DE60EF

tetradic

#EFDE60 #60EF96 #6071EF #EF60B8

square

#EFDE60 #60EF96 #6071EF #EF60B8

split-complementary

#EFDE60 #60B8EF #9660EF

monochromatic

#C1AD13 #E9D228 #EFDE60 #F5EA98 #FAF5CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.29

#EFDE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE60

15.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE60	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)

#F1D852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD0C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.1% 0.146 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e892',
    500: '#efde60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde60;
$custom-light: #f7e892;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.867,
    "s": 81.714,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89083,
    "c": 0.14622,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.71438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE60

secondary

#3445BF

accent

#21DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE60

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

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