#EFE274#EFE274

#EFE274 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.740; OKLCH L 90.1% C 0.132 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE274
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 116)
HSL	hsl(54, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(54, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.93, -9.62, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.93, 55.58, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(90.12% -0.0288 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(90.12% 0.132 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(65.9473, 74.0066, 27.3305)
Luminance	0.7400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE274 #7481EF

analogous

#EFA574 #EFE274 #BEEF74

triadic

#EFE274 #74EFE2 #E274EF

tetradic

#EFE274 #74EFA5 #7481EF #EF74BE

square

#EFE274 #74EFA5 #7481EF #EF74BE

split-complementary

#EFE274 #74BEEF #A574EF

monochromatic

#D1BD18 #E9D73D #EFE274 #F5EDAB #FCF9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.80

#EFE274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE274

15.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE274	1.00	1.33	15.80	15.80
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.1% 0.132 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ea9f',
    500: '#efe274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe274;
$custom-light: #f6ea9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.659,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90121,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.74004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE274

secondary

#3F4EC8

accent

#20DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE274

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

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