#EFE879#EFE879

#EFE879 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.774; OKLCH L 91.4% C 0.133 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE879
RGB	rgb(239, 232, 121)
HSL	hsl(56, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.53, -12.18, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.53, 55.66, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(91.41% -0.0357 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(91.41% 0.133 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.9062, 77.4464, 29.4570)
Luminance	0.7744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE879 #7980EF

analogous

#EFAD79 #EFE879 #BBEF79

triadic

#EFE879 #79EFE8 #E879EF

tetradic

#EFE879 #79EFAD #7980EF #EF79BB

square

#EFE879 #79EFAD #7980EF #EF79BB

split-complementary

#EFE879 #79BBEF #AD79EF

monochromatic

#D4C919 #E8DF42 #EFE879 #F6F1B0 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.49

#EFE879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE879

16.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE879	1.00	1.27	16.49	16.49
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F8E16F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE67E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDBCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 232, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.4% 0.133 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa2',
    500: '#efe879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe879;
$custom-light: #f6efa2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 232,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.441,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91411,
    "c": 0.13342,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.77444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE879

secondary

#444BC9

accent

#17DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE879

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

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