#EFEC79#EFEC79

#EFEC79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.797; OKLCH L 92.2% C 0.138 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 16.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFEC79
RGB	rgb(239, 236, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(58, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.3%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.56, -14.15, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.56, 57.32, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(92.23% -0.0413 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(92.23% 0.138 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(69.0449, 79.7239, 29.8366)
Luminance	0.7972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFEC79 #797CEF

analogous

#EFB179 #EFEC79 #B7EF79

triadic

#EFEC79 #79EFEC #EC79EF

tetradic

#EFEC79 #79EFB1 #797CEF #EF79B7

square

#EFEC79 #79EFB1 #797CEF #EF79B7

split-complementary

#EFEC79 #79B7EF #B179EF

monochromatic

#D4D019 #E8E442 #EFEC79 #F6F4B0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.24

#EFEC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

16.94

#EFEC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFEC79

16.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFEC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFEC79	1.00	1.24	16.94	16.94
#FFFFFF	1.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	16.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FCE46E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FEE97F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDDFD2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efec79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 236, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.2% 0.138 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#efec79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efec79;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efec79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 236,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.475,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92233,
    "c": 0.1376,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.79722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFEC79

secondary

#4447C9

accent

#10DB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFEC79

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

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