#EFD172#EFD172

#EFD172 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.120 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD172
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(46, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.57, -1.18, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.57, 50.52, 91.34°)
OKLab	oklab(86.67% -0.0047 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(86.67% 0.12 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.4366, 65.1694, 25.2592)
Luminance	0.6517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD172 #7290EF

analogous

#EF9372 #EFD172 #CFEF72

triadic

#EFD172 #72EFD1 #D172EF

tetradic

#EFD172 #72EF93 #7290EF #EF72CF

square

#EFD172 #72EF93 #7290EF #EF72CF

split-complementary

#EFD172 #72CFEF #9372EF

monochromatic

#CFA318 #E9BF3B #EFD172 #F5E3A9 #FBF5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.03

#EFD172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD172

14.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD172	1.00	1.50	14.03	14.03
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.120 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de9d',
    500: '#efd172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd172;
$custom-light: #f7de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86666,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD172

secondary

#3D5FC8

accent

#3CDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD172

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

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