#EFE972#EFE972

#EFE972 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.778; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.141 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE972
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 114)
HSL	hsl(57, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.71, -13.26, 57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.71, 59.26, 102.93°)
OKLab	oklab(91.53% -0.0395 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(91.53% 0.141 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.7746, 77.8454, 27.3718)
Luminance	0.7784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE972 #7278EF

analogous

#EFAB72 #EFE972 #B7EF72

triadic

#EFE972 #72EFE9 #E972EF

tetradic

#EFE972 #72EFAB #7278EF #EF72B7

square

#EFE972 #72EFAB #7278EF #EF72B7

split-complementary

#EFE972 #72B7EF #AB72EF

monochromatic

#CFC618 #E9E03B #EFE972 #F5F2A9 #FBFAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EFE972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE972

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE972	1.00	1.27	16.57	16.57
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE167

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.141 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9e',
    500: '#efe972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe972;
$custom-light: #f7ef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91531,
    "c": 0.14104,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE972

secondary

#3D44C8

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE972

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

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