#EFE974#EFE974

#EFE974 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.779; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE974
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 116)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.73, -13.10, 56.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.73, 58.36, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(91.56% -0.0388 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(91.56% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(67.8897, 77.8915, 27.9780)
Luminance	0.7789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE974 #747AEF

analogous

#EFAC74 #EFE974 #B8EF74

triadic

#EFE974 #74EFE9 #E974EF

tetradic

#EFE974 #74EFAC #747AEF #EF74B8

square

#EFE974 #74EFAC #747AEF #EF74B8

split-complementary

#EFE974 #74B8EF #AC74EF

monochromatic

#D1C818 #E9E03D #EFE974 #F5F2AB #FCFAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.58

#EFE974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE974

16.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE974	1.00	1.27	16.58	16.58
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FAE269

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FDE77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6ef9f',
    500: '#efe974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe974;
$custom-light: #f6ef9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91555,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.7789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE974

secondary

#3F46C8

accent

#14DC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE974

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

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