#EFE27F#EFE27F

#EFE27F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.121 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE27F
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 127)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 46.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.05, -8.66, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.05, 50.44, 99.89°)
OKLab	oklab(90.26% -0.025 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(90.26% 0.121 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(66.6254, 74.2779, 30.9020)
Luminance	0.7428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE27F #7F8CEF

analogous

#EFAA7F #EFE27F #C4EF7F

triadic

#EFE27F #7FEFE2 #E27FEF

tetradic

#EFE27F #7FEFAA #7F8CEF #EF7FC4

square

#EFE27F #7FEFAA #7F8CEF #EF7FC4

split-complementary

#EFE27F #7FC4EF #AA7FEF

monochromatic

#D9C31B #E8D649 #EFE27F #F6EEB5 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE27F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EFE27F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE27F

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE27F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE27F	1.00	1.32	15.86	15.86
#FFFFFF	1.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F2DC77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E283

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe27f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.121 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa6',
    500: '#efe27f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe27f;
$custom-light: #f6eaa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe27f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.036,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90264,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.74276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE27F

secondary

#4958C9

accent

#23DA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE27F

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

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