#EFDE79#EFDE79

#EFDE79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.720; OKLCH L 89.4% C 0.124 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDE79
RGB	rgb(239, 222, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(51, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.96, -7.19, 51.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.96, 51.73, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(89.37% -0.0213 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(89.37% 0.124 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(65.1710, 71.9761, 28.5453)
Luminance	0.7197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDE79 #798AEF

analogous

#EFA379 #EFDE79 #C5EF79

triadic

#EFDE79 #79EFDE #DE79EF

tetradic

#EFDE79 #79EFA3 #798AEF #EF79C5

square

#EFDE79 #79EFA3 #798AEF #EF79C5

split-complementary

#EFDE79 #79C5EF #A379EF

monochromatic

#D4B919 #E8D142 #EFDE79 #F6EBB0 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.36

#EFDE79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.39

#EFDE79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDE79

15.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDE79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDE79	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)

#EFD970

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED1C6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efde79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 222, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.4% 0.124 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a2',
    500: '#efde79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efde79;
$custom-light: #f6e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efde79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 222,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89371,
    "c": 0.12365,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.71974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDE79

secondary

#4457C9

accent

#29DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDE79

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

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