#EFE97F#EFE97F

#EFE97F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.129 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE97F
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 127)
HSL	hsl(57, 78%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 47%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 46.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.85, -12.15, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.85, 53.29, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(91.69% -0.035 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(91.69% 0.129 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(68.5679, 78.1627, 31.5495)
Luminance	0.7816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE97F #7F85EF

analogous

#EFB17F #EFE97F #BDEF7F

triadic

#EFE97F #7FEFE9 #E97FEF

tetradic

#EFE97F #7FEFB1 #7F85EF #EF7FBD

square

#EFE97F #7FEFB1 #7F85EF #EF7FBD

split-complementary

#EFE97F #7FBDEF #B17FEF

monochromatic

#D9CE1B #E8E049 #EFE97F #F6F2B5 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE97F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.63

#EFE97F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE97F

16.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE97F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE97F	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)

#F9E276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FCE784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe97f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.129 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa6',
    500: '#efe97f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe97f;
$custom-light: #f6efa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe97f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.786,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.91693,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.78161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE97F

secondary

#4950C9

accent

#17DA0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE97F

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

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