#EFED56#EFED56

#EFED56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.1% C 0.168 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFED56
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.50, -17.14, 70.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.50, 72.57, 103.66°)
OKLab	oklab(92.08% -0.0534 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(92.08% 0.168 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(67.5628, 79.5930, 20.6063)
Luminance	0.7959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFED56 #5658EF

analogous

#EFA056 #EFED56 #A4EF56

triadic

#EFED56 #56EFED #ED56EF

tetradic

#EFED56 #56EFA0 #5658EF #EF56A4

square

#EFED56 #56EFA0 #5658EF #EF56A4

split-complementary

#EFED56 #56A4EF #A056EF

monochromatic

#B9B712 #EAE71E #EFED56 #F4F38E #FAF9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFED56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.92

#EFED56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFED56

16.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFED56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFED56	1.00	1.24	16.92	16.92
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDFCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efed56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.1% 0.168 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f28d',
    500: '#efed56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efed56;
$custom-light: #f8f28d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efed56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.216,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92084,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFED56

secondary

#3133B8

accent

#09DF06

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF4

border

#D7D6CE

text

#18160D

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFED56

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

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