#EFD173#EFD173

#EFD173 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.119 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD173
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 115)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.58, -1.10, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.58, 50.05, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(86.68% -0.0043 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(86.68% 0.119 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.4939, 65.1923, 25.5606)
Luminance	0.6519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD173 #7391EF

analogous

#EF9373 #EFD173 #CFEF73

triadic

#EFD173 #73EFD1 #D173EF

tetradic

#EFD173 #73EF93 #7391EF #EF73CF

square

#EFD173 #73EF93 #7391EF #EF73CF

split-complementary

#EFD173 #73CFEF #9373EF

monochromatic

#D0A318 #E9BF3C #EFD173 #F5E3AA #FCF5E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#EFD173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD173

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD173	1.00	1.50	14.04	14.04
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.119 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de9d',
    500: '#efd173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd173;
$custom-light: #f7de9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86679,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD173

secondary

#3E60C8

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD173

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

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