#EFE278#EFE278

#EFE278 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.128 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE278
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 120)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(53, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.97, -9.28, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.97, 53.73, 99.95°)
OKLab	oklab(90.17% -0.0274 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(90.17% 0.128 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.1850, 74.1017, 28.5823)
Luminance	0.7410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE278 #7885EF

analogous

#EFA678 #EFE278 #C1EF78

triadic

#EFE278 #78EFE2 #E278EF

tetradic

#EFE278 #78EFA6 #7885EF #EF78C1

square

#EFE278 #78EFA6 #7885EF #EF78C1

split-complementary

#EFE278 #78C1EF #A678EF

monochromatic

#D4BF19 #E9D641 #EFE278 #F5EEAF #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#EFE278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE278

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE278	1.00	1.33	15.82	15.82
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F3DC6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.128 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa1',
    500: '#efe278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe278;
$custom-light: #f6eaa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90171,
    "c": 0.12841,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE278

secondary

#4351C9

accent

#21DB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE278

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

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