#EFD974#EFD974

#EFD974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.124 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD974
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 116)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.62, -5.09, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.62, 52.26, 95.59°)
OKLab	oklab(88.3% -0.0158 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(88.3% 0.124 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(63.5640, 69.2399, 26.5360)
Luminance	0.6924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD974 #748AEF

analogous

#EF9B74 #EFD974 #C8EF74

triadic

#EFD974 #74EFD9 #D974EF

tetradic

#EFD974 #74EF9B #748AEF #EF74C8

square

#EFD974 #74EF9B #748AEF #EF74C8

split-complementary

#EFD974 #74C8EF #9B74EF

monochromatic

#D1B018 #E9CA3D #EFD974 #F5E8AB #FCF7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.85

#EFD974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD974

14.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD974	1.00	1.41	14.85	14.85
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD46B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.124 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e49e',
    500: '#efd974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd974;
$custom-light: #f6e49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.268,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88296,
    "c": 0.12409,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD974

secondary

#3F58C8

accent

#2FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD974

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

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