#EFD978#EFD978

#EFD978 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.693; OKLCH L 88.3% C 0.120 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD978
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.67, -4.75, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.67, 50.38, 95.41°)
OKLab	oklab(88.35% -0.0144 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(88.35% 0.12 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(63.8017, 69.3350, 27.7879)
Luminance	0.6933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD978 #788EEF

analogous

#EF9E78 #EFD978 #C9EF78

triadic

#EFD978 #78EFD9 #D978EF

tetradic

#EFD978 #78EF9E #788EEF #EF78C9

square

#EFD978 #78EF9E #788EEF #EF78C9

split-complementary

#EFD978 #78C9EF #9E78EF

monochromatic

#D4B119 #E9CA41 #EFD978 #F5E8AF #FCF7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#EFD978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.87

#EFD978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD978

14.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD978	1.00	1.41	14.87	14.87
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD570

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F0DC7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.3% 0.120 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e4a1',
    500: '#efd978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd978;
$custom-light: #f6e4a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.908,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88348,
    "c": 0.12021,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.69332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD978

secondary

#435BC9

accent

#31DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD978

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

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