#EFD174#EFD174

#EFD174 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD174
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 116)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.59, -1.01, 49.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.59, 49.58, 91.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.69% -0.004 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(86.69% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.5517, 65.2154, 25.8653)
Luminance	0.6521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD174 #7492EF

analogous

#EF9474 #EFD174 #D0EF74

triadic

#EFD174 #74EFD1 #D174EF

tetradic

#EFD174 #74EF94 #7492EF #EF74D0

square

#EFD174 #74EF94 #7492EF #EF74D0

split-complementary

#EFD174 #74D0EF #9474EF

monochromatic

#D1A418 #E9BF3D #EFD174 #F5E3AB #FCF5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#EFD174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.04

#EFD174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD174

14.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD174	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)

#E3CE6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7de9e',
    500: '#efd174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd174;
$custom-light: #f7de9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.366,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86693,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.65213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD174

secondary

#3F60C8

accent

#3DDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD174

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

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