#EFE17D#EFE17D

#EFE17D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.122 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE17D
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 125)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.77, -8.34, 50.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.77, 51.00, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(90.03% -0.0242 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(90.03% 0.123 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.2253, 73.6840, 30.1320)
Luminance	0.7368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE17D #7D8BEF

analogous

#EFA87D #EFE17D #C4EF7D

triadic

#EFE17D #7DEFE1 #E17DEF

tetradic

#EFE17D #7DEFA8 #7D8BEF #EF7DC4

square

#EFE17D #7DEFA8 #7D8BEF #EF7DC4

split-complementary

#EFE17D #7DC4EF #A87DEF

monochromatic

#D7C01A #E8D447 #EFE17D #F6EEB3 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EFE17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE17D

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE17D	1.00	1.33	15.74	15.74
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.122 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa4',
    500: '#efe17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe17d;
$custom-light: #f6eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.632,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90033,
    "c": 0.1225,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.73682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE17D

secondary

#4757C9

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE17D

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

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