#EFE172#EFE172

#EFE172 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.734; OKLCH L 89.9% C 0.133 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE172
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 114)
HSL	hsl(53, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.65, -9.28, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.65, 56.12, 99.52°)
OKLab	oklab(89.89% -0.0281 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(89.89% 0.133 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(65.5611, 73.4183, 26.6340)
Luminance	0.7342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE172 #7280EF

analogous

#EFA372 #EFE172 #BFEF72

triadic

#EFE172 #72EFE1 #E172EF

tetradic

#EFE172 #72EFA3 #7280EF #EF72BF

square

#EFE172 #72EFA3 #7280EF #EF72BF

split-complementary

#EFE172 #72BFEF #A372EF

monochromatic

#CFBB18 #E9D53B #EFE172 #F5EDA9 #FBF8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.68

#EFE172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE172

15.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE172	1.00	1.34	15.68	15.68
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E177

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFD4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DEDEDE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(89.9% 0.133 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9d',
    500: '#efe172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe172;
$custom-light: #f7ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.28,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89893,
    "c": 0.13317,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.73416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE172

secondary

#3D4DC8

accent

#21DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE172

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

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