#EFE97B#EFE97B

#EFE97B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.6% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97B
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 48.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.81, -12.50, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.81, 55.15, 103.10°)
OKLab	oklab(91.64% -0.0364 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(91.64% 0.133 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.3124, 78.0605, 30.2037)
Luminance	0.7806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97B #7B81EF

analogous

#EFAF7B #EFE97B #BBEF7B

triadic

#EFE97B #7BEFE9 #E97BEF

tetradic

#EFE97B #7BEFAF #7B81EF #EF7BBB

square

#EFE97B #7BEFAF #7B81EF #EF7BBB

split-complementary

#EFE97B #7BBBEF #AF7BEF

monochromatic

#D6CC1A #E8E044 #EFE97B #F6F2B2 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.61

#EFE97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97B

16.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97B	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)

#F9E271

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE780

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.6% 0.133 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa3',
    500: '#efe97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97b;
$custom-light: #f6efa3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 78.378,
    "l": 70.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91641,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97B

secondary

#454CC9

accent

#16DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97B

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

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