#EFE272#EFE272

#EFE272 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.134 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE272
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 114)
HSL	hsl(54, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(54, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.90, -9.78, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.90, 56.50, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.1% -0.0295 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(90.1% 0.134 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(65.8322, 73.9606, 26.7244)
Luminance	0.7396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE272 #727FEF

analogous

#EFA472 #EFE272 #BEEF72

triadic

#EFE272 #72EFE2 #E272EF

tetradic

#EFE272 #72EFA4 #727FEF #EF72BE

square

#EFE272 #72EFA4 #727FEF #EF72BE

split-complementary

#EFE272 #72BEEF #A472EF

monochromatic

#CFBC18 #E9D73B #EFE272 #F5EDA9 #FBF9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.79

#EFE272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE272

15.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE272	1.00	1.33	15.79	15.79
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E277

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.134 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ea9d',
    500: '#efe272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe272;
$custom-light: #f7ea9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.76,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90097,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.73958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE272

secondary

#3D4CC8

accent

#1FDC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE272

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

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