#EFEC46#EFEC46

#EFEC46 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.788; OKLCH L 91.8% C 0.177 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC46
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 70)
HSL	hsl(59, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 70.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.14, -17.48, 76.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.14, 77.99, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(91.76% -0.0559 0.1681)
OKLCH	oklch(91.76% 0.177 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(66.7000, 78.7860, 17.4869)
Luminance	0.7878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC46 #4649EF

analogous

#EF9746 #EFEC46 #9DEF46

triadic

#EFEC46 #46EFEC #EC46EF

tetradic

#EFEC46 #46EF97 #4649EF #EF469D

square

#EFEC46 #46EF97 #4649EF #EF469D

split-complementary

#EFEC46 #469DEF #9746EF

monochromatic

#ACA90F #E4E014 #EFEC46 #F4F27E #F9F8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.25

#EFEC46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.76

#EFEC46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC46

16.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC46	1.00	1.25	16.76	16.76
#FFFFFF	1.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE327

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFDDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E6E6E6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(91.8% 0.177 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8f184',
    500: '#efec46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec46;
$custom-light: #f8f184;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.935,
    "s": 84.08,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9176,
    "c": 0.17717,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.78784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC46

secondary

#2D2FAD

accent

#09E105

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF3

border

#D7D6CD

text

#18160C

muted

#86857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC46

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

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