#EFE981#EFE981

#EFE981 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.782; OKLCH L 91.7% C 0.127 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFE981
RGB	rgb(239, 233, 129)
HSL	hsl(57, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(57, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.5%, 46%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(90.88, -11.96, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(90.88, 52.35, 103.21°)
OKLab	oklab(91.72% -0.0343 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(91.72% 0.127 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(68.6995, 78.2154, 32.2428)
Luminance	0.7821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFE981 #8187EF

analogous

#EFB281 #EFE981 #BEEF81

triadic

#EFE981 #81EFE9 #E981EF

tetradic

#EFE981 #81EFB2 #8187EF #EF81BE

square

#EFE981 #81EFB2 #8187EF #EF81BE

split-complementary

#EFE981 #81BEEF #B281EF

monochromatic

#DAD01C #E8E04B #EFE981 #F6F2B7 #FCFAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.26

#EFE981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.64

#EFE981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFE981

16.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFE981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFE981	1.00	1.26	16.64	16.64
#FFFFFF	1.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F9E278

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FBE786

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDDD0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E5E5E5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efe981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 233, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.7% 0.127 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6efa7',
    500: '#efe981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efe981;
$custom-light: #f6efa7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efe981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 233,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.727,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9172,
    "c": 0.12656,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.78214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFE981

secondary

#4B52C9

accent

#17DA0C

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#171610

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFE981

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

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