#EFDE72#EFDE72

#EFDE72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.718; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.130 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE72
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 114)
HSL	hsl(52, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.88, -7.78, 54.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.88, 54.99, 98.13°)
OKLab	oklab(89.28% -0.0238 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(89.28% 0.13 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(64.7572, 71.8106, 26.3660)
Luminance	0.7181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE72 #7283EF

analogous

#EFA072 #EFDE72 #C2EF72

triadic

#EFDE72 #72EFDE #DE72EF

tetradic

#EFDE72 #72EFA0 #7283EF #EF72C2

square

#EFDE72 #72EFA0 #7283EF #EF72C2

split-complementary

#EFDE72 #72C2EF #A072EF

monochromatic

#CFB618 #E9D13B #EFDE72 #F5EBA9 #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.36

#EFDE72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE72

15.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE72	1.00	1.37	15.36	15.36
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD868

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.130 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7e89d',
    500: '#efde72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde72;
$custom-light: #f7e89d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.84,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89282,
    "c": 0.13039,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.71808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE72

secondary

#3D50C8

accent

#26DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE72

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

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