#EFDE74#EFDE74

#EFDE74 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.129 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE74
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 116)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.90, -7.62, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.90, 54.07, 98.10°)
OKLab	oklab(89.31% -0.0231 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(89.31% 0.129 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(64.8723, 71.8566, 26.9721)
Luminance	0.7185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE74 #7485EF

analogous

#EFA074 #EFDE74 #C3EF74

triadic

#EFDE74 #74EFDE #DE74EF

tetradic

#EFDE74 #74EFA0 #7485EF #EF74C3

square

#EFDE74 #74EFA0 #7485EF #EF74C3

split-complementary

#EFDE74 #74C3EF #A074EF

monochromatic

#D1B718 #E9D13D #EFDE74 #F5EBAB #FCF8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.37

#EFDE74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.37

#EFDE74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE74

15.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE74	1.00	1.37	15.37	15.37
#FFFFFF	1.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4DF79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.129 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e89e',
    500: '#efde74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde74;
$custom-light: #f6e89e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.707,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89307,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.71854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE74

secondary

#3F52C8

accent

#27DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE74

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

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