#EFE97A#EFE97A

#EFE97A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.780; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.133 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97A
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 122)
HSL	hsl(57, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 49%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.80, -12.59, 54.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.80, 55.61, 103.08°)
OKLab	oklab(91.63% -0.0367 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(91.63% 0.133 106)
XYZ	xyz(68.2501, 78.0356, 29.8758)
Luminance	0.7803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97A #7A80EF

analogous

#EFAE7A #EFE97A #BAEF7A

triadic

#EFE97A #7AEFE9 #E97AEF

tetradic

#EFE97A #7AEFAE #7A80EF #EF7ABA

square

#EFE97A #7AEFAE #7A80EF #EF7ABA

split-complementary

#EFE97A #7ABAEF #AE7AEF

monochromatic

#D5CB1A #E8E043 #EFE97A #F6F2B1 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#EFE97A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97A

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97A	1.00	1.26	16.61	16.61
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E270

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE77F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDCF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.133 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa3',
    500: '#efe97a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97a;
$custom-light: #f6efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 78.523,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91629,
    "c": 0.13349,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.78034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97A

secondary

#444BC9

accent

#15DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97A

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

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