#EFE279#EFE279

#EFE279 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.741; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE279
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 121)
HSL	hsl(53, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(88.98, -9.20, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(88.98, 53.27, 99.94°)
OKLab	oklab(90.18% -0.0271 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(90.18% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(66.2460, 74.1261, 28.9036)
Luminance	0.7412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE279 #7986EF

analogous

#EFA779 #EFE279 #C1EF79

triadic

#EFE279 #79EFE2 #E279EF

tetradic

#EFE279 #79EFA7 #7986EF #EF79C1

square

#EFE279 #79EFA7 #7986EF #EF79C1

split-complementary

#EFE279 #79C1EF #A779EF

monochromatic

#D4C019 #E8D642 #EFE279 #F6EEB0 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.82

#EFE279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE279

15.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE279	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)

#F3DC70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F7E27E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED5CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DFDFDF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa2',
    500: '#efe279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe279;
$custom-light: #f6eaa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90184,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.74124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE279

secondary

#4452C9

accent

#22DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE279

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

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