#EFE973#EFE973

#EFE973 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.5% C 0.140 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE973
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 115)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 51.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.72, -13.18, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.72, 58.81, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.54% -0.0391 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(91.54% 0.14 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8319, 77.8683, 27.6733)
Luminance	0.7787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE973 #7379EF

analogous

#EFAB73 #EFE973 #B7EF73

triadic

#EFE973 #73EFE9 #E973EF

tetradic

#EFE973 #73EFAB #7379EF #EF73B7

square

#EFE973 #73EFAB #7379EF #EF73B7

split-complementary

#EFE973 #73B7EF #AB73EF

monochromatic

#D0C718 #E9E03C #EFE973 #F5F2AA #FCFAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.57

#EFE973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE973

16.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE973	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)

#FAE168

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.5% 0.140 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7ef9e',
    500: '#efe973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe973;
$custom-light: #f7ef9e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.097,
    "s": 79.487,
    "l": 69.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91543,
    "c": 0.14011,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.77866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE973

secondary

#3E45C8

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE973

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

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