#EFE179#EFE179

#EFE179 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.126 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE179
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.73, -8.70, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.73, 52.88, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(89.98% -0.0257 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(89.98% 0.126 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.9749, 73.5838, 28.8133)
Luminance	0.7358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE179 #7987EF

analogous

#EFA679 #EFE179 #C2EF79

triadic

#EFE179 #79EFE1 #E179EF

tetradic

#EFE179 #79EFA6 #7987EF #EF79C2

square

#EFE179 #79EFA6 #7987EF #EF79C2

split-complementary

#EFE179 #79C2EF #A679EF

monochromatic

#D4BE19 #E8D542 #EFE179 #F6EDB0 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.72

#EFE179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE179

15.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE179	1.00	1.34	15.72	15.72
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DB70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED4C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.126 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa2',
    500: '#efe179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe179;
$custom-light: #f6eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.881,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8998,
    "c": 0.12647,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE179

secondary

#4453C9

accent

#23DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE179

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

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