#EFD977#EFD977

#EFD977 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.121 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD977
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 119)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.66, -4.84, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.66, 50.85, 95.46°)
OKLab	oklab(88.34% -0.0147 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(88.34% 0.121 97)
XYZ	xyz(63.7413, 69.3109, 27.4700)
Luminance	0.6931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD977 #778DEF

analogous

#EF9D77 #EFD977 #C9EF77

triadic

#EFD977 #77EFD9 #D977EF

tetradic

#EFD977 #77EF9D #778DEF #EF77C9

square

#EFD977 #77EF9D #778DEF #EF77C9

split-complementary

#EFD977 #77C9EF #9D77EF

monochromatic

#D3B119 #E9CA40 #EFD977 #F5E8AE #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.86

#EFD977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD977

14.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD977	1.00	1.41	14.86	14.86
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.121 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a0',
    500: '#efd977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd977;
$custom-light: #f6e4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88335,
    "c": 0.12119,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.69308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD977

secondary

#425AC8

accent

#31DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD977

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

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