#EFE280#EFE280

#EFE280 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.743; OKLCH L 90.3% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE280
RGB	rgb(239, 226, 128)
HSL	hsl(53, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(53, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 46.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.07, -8.57, 49.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.07, 49.97, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(90.28% -0.0246 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(90.28% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(66.6909, 74.3041, 31.2470)
Luminance	0.7430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE280 #808DEF

analogous

#EFAB80 #EFE280 #C5EF80

triadic

#EFE280 #80EFE2 #E280EF

tetradic

#EFE280 #80EFAB #808DEF #EF80C5

square

#EFE280 #80EFAB #808DEF #EF80C5

split-complementary

#EFE280 #80C5EF #AB80EF

monochromatic

#D9C31B #E8D64A #EFE280 #F6EEB6 #FCF9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.32

#EFE280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.86

#EFE280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE280

15.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE280	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)

#F2DC78

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6E284

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED6CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E0E0E0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 226, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.3% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eaa7',
    500: '#efe280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe280;
$custom-light: #f6eaa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 77.622,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90278,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.74302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE280

secondary

#4A59C9

accent

#24DA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE280

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

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