#EFE97D#EFE97D

#EFE97D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.131 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97D
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 125)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 47.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.83, -12.33, 52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.83, 54.22, 103.14°)
OKLab	oklab(91.67% -0.0357 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(91.67% 0.131 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(68.4388, 78.1111, 30.8699)
Luminance	0.7811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97D #7D83EF

analogous

#EFB07D #EFE97D #BCEF7D

triadic

#EFE97D #7DEFE9 #E97DEF

tetradic

#EFE97D #7DEFB0 #7D83EF #EF7DBC

square

#EFE97D #7DEFB0 #7D83EF #EF7DBC

split-complementary

#EFE97D #7DBCEF #B07DEF

monochromatic

#D7CD1A #E8E047 #EFE97D #F6F2B3 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.62

#EFE97D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97D

16.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97D	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)

#F9E274

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE782

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.131 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa5',
    500: '#efe97d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97d;
$custom-light: #f6efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 78.082,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91667,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.78109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97D

secondary

#474EC9

accent

#16DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97D

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

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