#EFE17B#EFE17B

#EFE17B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.736; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE17B
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 123)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.75, -8.52, 51.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.75, 51.94, 99.44°)
OKLab	oklab(90.01% -0.0249 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(90.01% 0.125 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(66.0988, 73.6334, 29.4659)
Luminance	0.7363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE17B #7B89EF

analogous

#EFA77B #EFE17B #C3EF7B

triadic

#EFE17B #7BEFE1 #E17BEF

tetradic

#EFE17B #7BEFA7 #7B89EF #EF7BC3

square

#EFE17B #7BEFA7 #7B89EF #EF7BC3

split-complementary

#EFE17B #7BC3EF #A77BEF

monochromatic

#D6BF1A #E8D544 #EFE17B #F6EDB2 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.34

#EFE17B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EFE17B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE17B

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE17B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE17B	1.00	1.34	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E27F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe17b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa3',
    500: '#efe17b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe17b;
$custom-light: #f6eaa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe17b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90007,
    "c": 0.1245,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.73631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE17B

secondary

#4555C9

accent

#24DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE17B

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

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