#EFE17C#EFE17C

#EFE17C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.123 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE17C
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 48.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.76, -8.43, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.76, 51.47, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(90.02% -0.0246 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(90.02% 0.124 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.1617, 73.6586, 29.7973)
Luminance	0.7366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE17C #7C8AEF

analogous

#EFA77C #EFE17C #C3EF7C

triadic

#EFE17C #7CEFE1 #E17CEF

tetradic

#EFE17C #7CEFA7 #7C8AEF #EF7CC3

square

#EFE17C #7CEFA7 #7C8AEF #EF7CC3

split-complementary

#EFE17C #7CC3EF #A77CEF

monochromatic

#D6BF1A #E8D545 #EFE17C #F6EDB3 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE17C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.73

#EFE17C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE17C

15.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE17C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE17C	1.00	1.33	15.73	15.73
#FFFFFF	1.33	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)

#F1DB73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe17c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.123 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa4',
    500: '#efe17c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe17c;
$custom-light: #f6eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe17c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.696,
    "s": 78.231,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9002,
    "c": 0.1235,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.73656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE17C

secondary

#4656C9

accent

#24DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE17C

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

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