#EFE17E#EFE17E

#EFE17E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.0% C 0.121 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE17E
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 126)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.79, -8.25, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.79, 50.52, 99.40°)
OKLab	oklab(90.05% -0.0239 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(90.05% 0.122 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2895, 73.7097, 30.4701)
Luminance	0.7371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE17E #7E8CEF

analogous

#EFA97E #EFE17E #C5EF7E

triadic

#EFE17E #7EEFE1 #E17EEF

tetradic

#EFE17E #7EEFA9 #7E8CEF #EF7EC5

square

#EFE17E #7EEFA9 #7E8CEF #EF7EC5

split-complementary

#EFE17E #7EC5EF #A97EEF

monochromatic

#D8C01B #E8D448 #EFE17E #F6EEB4 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE17E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.74

#EFE17E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE17E

15.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE17E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE17E	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)

#F1DB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E282

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe17e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.0% 0.121 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa5',
    500: '#efe17e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe17e;
$custom-light: #f6eaa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe17e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.566,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90047,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE17E

secondary

#4858C9

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE17E

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

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