#EFE57D#EFE57D

#EFE57D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.759; OKLCH L 90.8% C 0.126 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE57D
RGB	rgb(239, 229, 125)
HSL	hsl(55, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 47.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(89.80, -10.34, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(89.80, 52.58, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(90.85% -0.03 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(90.85% 0.126 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(67.3193, 75.8720, 30.4967)
Luminance	0.7587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE57D #7D87EF

analogous

#EFAC7D #EFE57D #C0EF7D

triadic

#EFE57D #7DEFE5 #E57DEF

tetradic

#EFE57D #7DEFAC #7D87EF #EF7DC0

square

#EFE57D #7DEFAC #7D87EF #EF7DC0

split-complementary

#EFE57D #7DC0EF #AC7DEF

monochromatic

#D7C71A #E8DA47 #EFE57D #F6F0B3 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.30

#EFE57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.17

#EFE57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE57D

16.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE57D	1.00	1.30	16.17	16.17
#FFFFFF	1.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F5DF74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F9E482

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FED9CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E2E2E2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 229, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(90.8% 0.126 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6eda5',
    500: '#efe57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe57d;
$custom-light: #f6eda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 229,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.90848,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.7587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE57D

secondary

#4753C9

accent

#1DDA0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFDF6

border

#D7D5D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE57D

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

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