#EFE27C#EFE27C

#EFE27C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.742; OKLCH L 90.2% C 0.124 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE27C
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 124)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 48.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.02, -8.93, 51.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.02, 51.86, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(90.22% -0.026 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(90.22% 0.124 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(66.4328, 74.2008, 29.8876)
Luminance	0.7420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE27C #7C89EF

analogous

#EFA87C #EFE27C #C2EF7C

triadic

#EFE27C #7CEFE2 #E27CEF

tetradic

#EFE27C #7CEFA8 #7C89EF #EF7CC2

square

#EFE27C #7CEFA8 #7C89EF #EF7CC2

split-complementary

#EFE27C #7CC2EF #A87CEF

monochromatic

#D6C11A #E8D645 #EFE27C #F6EEB3 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.33

#EFE27C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.84

#EFE27C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE27C

15.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE27C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE27C	1.00	1.33	15.84	15.84
#FFFFFF	1.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E281

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe27c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.2% 0.124 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa4',
    500: '#efe27c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe27c;
$custom-light: #f6eaa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe27c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.217,
    "s": 78.231,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90223,
    "c": 0.12447,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.74199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE27C

secondary

#4655C9

accent

#22DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE27C

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

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