#EFD277#EFD277

#EFD277 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.658; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.116 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD277
RGB	rgb(239, 210, 119)
HSL	hsl(46, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.1%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.88, -1.27, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.88, 48.49, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.93% -0.0044 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(86.93% 0.116 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(61.9751, 65.7786, 26.8812)
Luminance	0.6578 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD277 #7794EF

analogous

#EF9677 #EFD277 #D0EF77

triadic

#EFD277 #77EFD2 #D277EF

tetradic

#EFD277 #77EF96 #7794EF #EF77D0

square

#EFD277 #77EF96 #7794EF #EF77D0

split-complementary

#EFD277 #77D0EF #9677EF

monochromatic

#D3A619 #E9C040 #EFD277 #F5E4AE #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#EFD277 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.16

#EFD277 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD277

14.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD277	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD277	1.00	1.48	14.16	14.16
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD87A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC5BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd277;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 210, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.116 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dfa0',
    500: '#efd277',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd277;
$custom-light: #f6dfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd277",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.5,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86932,
    "c": 0.11563,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD277

secondary

#4262C8

accent

#3DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD277

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

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