#EFDE76#EFDE76

#EFDE76 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE76
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 118)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 50.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.92, -7.45, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.92, 53.14, 98.06°)
OKLab	oklab(89.33% -0.0224 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(89.33% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(64.9899, 71.9036, 27.5914)
Luminance	0.7190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE76 #7687EF

analogous

#EFA176 #EFDE76 #C4EF76

triadic

#EFDE76 #76EFDE #DE76EF

tetradic

#EFDE76 #76EFA1 #7687EF #EF76C4

square

#EFDE76 #76EFA1 #7687EF #EF76C4

split-complementary

#EFDE76 #76C4EF #A176EF

monochromatic

#D2B819 #E9D13F #EFDE76 #F5EBAD #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE76 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.38

#EFDE76 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE76

15.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE76	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE76	1.00	1.37	15.38	15.38
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde76;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 118);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a0',
    500: '#efde76',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde76;
$custom-light: #f6e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde76",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 118
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 79.085,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89332,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.71901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE76

secondary

#4154C8

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE76

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

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