#EFE85D#EFE85D

#EFE85D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.769; OKLCH L 91.1% C 0.158 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE85D
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 61.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.26, -14.27, 66.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.26, 67.91, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(91.11% -0.0446 0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(91.11% 0.158 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.4313, 76.8564, 21.6892)
Luminance	0.7685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE85D #5D64EF

analogous

#EF9F5D #EFE85D #ADEF5D

triadic

#EFE85D #5DEFE8 #E85DEF

tetradic

#EFE85D #5DEF9F #5D64EF #EF5DAD

square

#EFE85D #5DEF9F #5D64EF #EF5DAD

split-complementary

#EFE85D #5DADEF #9F5DEF

monochromatic

#BFB713 #E9E025 #EFE85D #F5F095 #FAF8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.28

#EFE85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.37

#EFE85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE85D

16.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE85D	1.00	1.28	16.37	16.37
#FFFFFF	1.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE665

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDACB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E3E3E3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.1% 0.158 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef91',
    500: '#efe85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe85d;
$custom-light: #f7ef91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.123,
    "s": 82.022,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91108,
    "c": 0.15783,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.76854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE85D

secondary

#333ABD

accent

#11DE07

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE85D

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

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