#EFE079#EFE079

#EFE079 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.730; OKLCH L 89.8% C 0.126 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE079
RGB	rgb(239, 224, 121)
HSL	hsl(52, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(52, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.47, -8.19, 51.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.47, 52.49, 98.98°)
OKLab	oklab(89.78% -0.0242 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(89.78% 0.126 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(65.7053, 73.0448, 28.7234)
Luminance	0.7304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE079 #7988EF

analogous

#EFA579 #EFE079 #C3EF79

triadic

#EFE079 #79EFE0 #E079EF

tetradic

#EFE079 #79EFA5 #7988EF #EF79C3

square

#EFE079 #79EFA5 #7988EF #EF79C3

split-complementary

#EFE079 #79C3EF #A579EF

monochromatic

#D4BC19 #E8D342 #EFE079 #F6EDB0 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.35

#EFE079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.61

#EFE079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE079

15.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE079	1.00	1.35	15.61	15.61
#FFFFFF	1.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DA70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E17E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED3C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 224, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.8% 0.126 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6e9a2',
    500: '#efe079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe079;
$custom-light: #f6e9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 224,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89777,
    "c": 0.12552,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE079

secondary

#4454C9

accent

#25DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE079

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

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