#EFE181#EFE181

#EFE181 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.738; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.118 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE181
RGB	rgb(239, 225, 129)
HSL	hsl(52, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(52, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 46%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.82, -7.97, 48.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.82, 49.10, 99.35°)
OKLab	oklab(90.09% -0.0228 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(90.09% 0.118 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4860, 73.7883, 31.5050)
Luminance	0.7379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE181 #818FEF

analogous

#EFAA81 #EFE181 #C6EF81

triadic

#EFE181 #81EFE1 #E181EF

tetradic

#EFE181 #81EFAA #818FEF #EF81C6

square

#EFE181 #81EFAA #818FEF #EF81C6

split-complementary

#EFE181 #81C6EF #AA81EF

monochromatic

#DAC21C #E8D44B #EFE181 #F6EEB7 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.76

#EFE181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE181

15.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE181	1.00	1.33	15.76	15.76
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1DC79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F5E285

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 225, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.118 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa7',
    500: '#efe181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe181;
$custom-light: #f6eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 225,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.364,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90089,
    "c": 0.11845,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.73786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE181

secondary

#4B5BC9

accent

#26DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#171610

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE181

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

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