#EFE177#EFE177

#EFE177 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.735; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.128 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE177
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 119)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.70, -8.87, 53.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.70, 53.81, 99.49°)
OKLab	oklab(89.96% -0.0264 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(89.96% 0.128 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.8535, 73.5353, 28.1740)
Luminance	0.7353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE177 #7785EF

analogous

#EFA577 #EFE177 #C1EF77

triadic

#EFE177 #77EFE1 #E177EF

tetradic

#EFE177 #77EFA5 #7785EF #EF77C1

square

#EFE177 #77EFA5 #7785EF #EF77C1

split-complementary

#EFE177 #77C1EF #A577EF

monochromatic

#D3BD19 #E9D540 #EFE177 #F5EDAE #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE177 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#EFE177 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE177

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE177	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE177	1.00	1.34	15.71	15.71
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe177;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.128 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#efe177',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe177;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe177",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89955,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE177

secondary

#4251C8

accent

#23DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE177

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

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