#EFE977#EFE977

#EFE977 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.136 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE977
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 119)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(57, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.76, -12.85, 55.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.76, 56.99, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(91.59% -0.0378 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(91.59% 0.136 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(68.0671, 77.9624, 28.9119)
Luminance	0.7796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE977 #777DEF

analogous

#EFAD77 #EFE977 #B9EF77

triadic

#EFE977 #77EFE9 #E977EF

tetradic

#EFE977 #77EFAD #777DEF #EF77B9

square

#EFE977 #77EFAD #777DEF #EF77B9

split-complementary

#EFE977 #77B9EF #AD77EF

monochromatic

#D3C919 #E9E040 #EFE977 #F5F2AE #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.27

#EFE977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.59

#EFE977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE977

16.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE977	1.00	1.27	16.59	16.59
#FFFFFF	1.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E26D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDCCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E4E4E4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.136 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa1',
    500: '#efe977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe977;
$custom-light: #f6efa1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91591,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.7796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE977

secondary

#4248C8

accent

#15DB0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE977

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

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