#EFEC72#EFEC72

#EFEC72 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.796; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.144 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC72
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(59, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.49, -14.73, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.49, 60.48, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(92.15% -0.0437 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(92.15% 0.144 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(68.6311, 79.5584, 27.6573)
Luminance	0.7956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC72 #7275EF

analogous

#EFAE72 #EFEC72 #B4EF72

triadic

#EFEC72 #72EFEC #EC72EF

tetradic

#EFEC72 #72EFAE #7275EF #EF72B4

square

#EFEC72 #72EFAE #7275EF #EF72B4

split-complementary

#EFEC72 #72B4EF #AE72EF

monochromatic

#CFCB18 #E9E53B #EFEC72 #F5F3A9 #FBFBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.91

#EFEC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC72

16.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC72	1.00	1.24	16.91	16.91
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE466

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFE978

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FEDFD1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.144 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7f29e',
    500: '#efec72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec72;
$custom-light: #f7f29e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.56,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.9215,
    "c": 0.14413,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.79557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC72

secondary

#3D41C8

accent

#0FDC0A

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC72

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

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