#EFDE77#EFDE77

#EFDE77 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.719; OKLCH L 89.3% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE77
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 119)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(52, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.93, -7.36, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.93, 52.67, 98.03°)
OKLab	oklab(89.35% -0.022 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(89.35% 0.126 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.0496, 71.9275, 27.9061)
Luminance	0.7192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE77 #7788EF

analogous

#EFA277 #EFDE77 #C4EF77

triadic

#EFDE77 #77EFDE #DE77EF

tetradic

#EFDE77 #77EFA2 #7788EF #EF77C4

square

#EFDE77 #77EFA2 #7788EF #EF77C4

split-complementary

#EFDE77 #77C4EF #A277EF

monochromatic

#D3B819 #E9D140 #EFDE77 #F5EBAE #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDE77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EFDE77 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE77

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE77	1.00	1.36	15.39	15.39
#FFFFFF	1.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EFD96E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DCDCDC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.3% 0.126 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a0',
    500: '#efde77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde77;
$custom-light: #f6e8a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89345,
    "c": 0.12561,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.71925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE77

secondary

#4255C8

accent

#28DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE77

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

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