#EFE97C#EFE97C

#EFE97C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97C
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 124)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 48.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.82, -12.41, 53.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.82, 54.69, 103.12°)
OKLab	oklab(91.65% -0.036 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(91.65% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.3753, 78.0857, 30.5351)
Luminance	0.7808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97C #7C82EF

analogous

#EFAF7C #EFE97C #BBEF7C

triadic

#EFE97C #7CEFE9 #E97CEF

tetradic

#EFE97C #7CEFAF #7C82EF #EF7CBB

square

#EFE97C #7CEFAF #7C82EF #EF7CBB

split-complementary

#EFE97C #7CBBEF #AF7CEF

monochromatic

#D6CD1A #E8E045 #EFE97C #F6F2B3 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#EFE97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97C

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97C	1.00	1.26	16.62	16.62
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E272

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa4',
    500: '#efe97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97c;
$custom-light: #f6efa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.87,
    "s": 78.231,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91654,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97C

secondary

#464DC9

accent

#16DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97C

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

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