#EFE970#EFE970

#EFE970 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.143 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE970
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 112)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 53.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.69, -13.42, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.69, 60.15, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(91.51% -0.0401 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(91.51% 0.143 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(67.6621, 77.8004, 26.7789)
Luminance	0.7780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE970 #7076EF

analogous

#EFAA70 #EFE970 #B6EF70

triadic

#EFE970 #70EFE9 #E970EF

tetradic

#EFE970 #70EFAA #7076EF #EF70B6

square

#EFE970 #70EFAA #7076EF #EF70B6

split-complementary

#EFE970 #70B6EF #AA70EF

monochromatic

#CEC517 #E9E139 #EFE970 #F5F1A7 #FBFADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.56

#EFE970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE970

16.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE970	1.00	1.27	16.56	16.56
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE164

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE776

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.143 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9c',
    500: '#efe970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe970;
$custom-light: #f7ef9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 79.874,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91508,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.77798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE970

secondary

#3B42C8

accent

#13DC09

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160E

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE970

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

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