#EFE178#EFE178

#EFE178 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.127 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE178
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.71, -8.78, 52.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.71, 53.35, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(89.97% -0.026 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(89.97% 0.127 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(65.9139, 73.5594, 28.4920)
Luminance	0.7356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE178 #7886EF

analogous

#EFA578 #EFE178 #C2EF78

triadic

#EFE178 #78EFE1 #E178EF

tetradic

#EFE178 #78EFA5 #7886EF #EF78C2

square

#EFE178 #78EFA5 #7886EF #EF78C2

split-complementary

#EFE178 #78C2EF #A578EF

monochromatic

#D4BE19 #E9D541 #EFE178 #F5EDAF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.71

#EFE178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE178

15.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE178	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)

#F2DB6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.127 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#efe178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe178;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.89967,
    "c": 0.12744,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.73557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE178

secondary

#4352C9

accent

#23DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE178

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

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