#EFD177#EFD177

#EFD177 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.115 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD177
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 119)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.63, -0.76, 48.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.63, 48.17, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(86.73% -0.0029 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(86.73% 0.115 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(61.7290, 65.2863, 26.7992)
Luminance	0.6528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD177 #7795EF

analogous

#EF9577 #EFD177 #D1EF77

triadic

#EFD177 #77EFD1 #D177EF

tetradic

#EFD177 #77EF95 #7795EF #EF77D1

square

#EFD177 #77EF95 #7795EF #EF77D1

split-complementary

#EFD177 #77D1EF #9577EF

monochromatic

#D3A419 #E9BE40 #EFD177 #F5E4AE #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EFD177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#EFD177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD177

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD177	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CE6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.115 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dea0',
    500: '#efd177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd177;
$custom-light: #f6dea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86733,
    "c": 0.11491,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.65284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD177

secondary

#4263C8

accent

#3FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD177

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

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