#EFDF79#EFDF79

#EFDF79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.725; OKLCH L 89.6% C 0.125 H 100.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFDF79
RGB	rgb(239, 223, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.7%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.21, -7.69, 51.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.21, 52.11, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.57% -0.0228 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(89.57% 0.125 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.4374, 72.5088, 28.6341)
Luminance	0.7251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFDF79 #7989EF

analogous

#EFA479 #EFDF79 #C4EF79

triadic

#EFDF79 #79EFDF #DF79EF

tetradic

#EFDF79 #79EFA4 #7989EF #EF79C4

square

#EFDF79 #79EFA4 #7989EF #EF79C4

split-complementary

#EFDF79 #79C4EF #A479EF

monochromatic

#D4BB19 #E8D242 #EFDF79 #F6ECB0 #FCF8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFDF79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.50

#EFDF79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFDF79

15.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFDF79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFDF79	1.00	1.35	15.50	15.50
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F4E07D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED2C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DDDDDD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efdf79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 223, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.6% 0.125 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e8a2',
    500: '#efdf79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efdf79;
$custom-light: #f6e8a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efdf79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 223,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.864,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89574,
    "c": 0.12458,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.72507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFDF79

secondary

#4456C9

accent

#27DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFDF79

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

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