#EFE17F#EFE17F

#EFE17F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.737; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.120 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE17F
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 127)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 46.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.80, -8.16, 49.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.80, 50.05, 99.38°)
OKLab	oklab(90.06% -0.0235 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(90.06% 0.12 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.3543, 73.7356, 30.8117)
Luminance	0.7373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE17F #7F8DEF

analogous

#EFA97F #EFE17F #C5EF7F

triadic

#EFE17F #7FEFE1 #E17FEF

tetradic

#EFE17F #7FEFA9 #7F8DEF #EF7FC5

square

#EFE17F #7FEFA9 #7F8DEF #EF7FC5

split-complementary

#EFE17F #7FC5EF #A97FEF

monochromatic

#D9C11B #E8D449 #EFE17F #F6EEB5 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE17F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.75

#EFE17F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE17F

15.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE17F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE17F	1.00	1.33	15.75	15.75
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DB77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe17f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.120 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa6',
    500: '#efe17f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe17f;
$custom-light: #f6eaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe17f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90061,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.73733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE17F

secondary

#4959C9

accent

#25DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE17F

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

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