#EFE97E#EFE97E

#EFE97E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.781; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97E
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 126)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 47.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.84, -12.24, 52.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.84, 53.76, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(91.68% -0.0353 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(91.68% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.5030, 78.1368, 31.2080)
Luminance	0.7813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97E #7E84EF

analogous

#EFB17E #EFE97E #BDEF7E

triadic

#EFE97E #7EEFE9 #E97EEF

tetradic

#EFE97E #7EEFB1 #7E84EF #EF7EBD

square

#EFE97E #7EEFB1 #7E84EF #EF7EBD

split-complementary

#EFE97E #7EBDEF #B17EEF

monochromatic

#D8CE1B #E8E048 #EFE97E #F6F2B4 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EFE97E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97E

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97E	1.00	1.26	16.63	16.63
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E275

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE783

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa5',
    500: '#efe97e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97e;
$custom-light: #f6efa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 77.931,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9168,
    "c": 0.12956,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97E

secondary

#484FC9

accent

#16DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97E

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

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