#EFED79#EFED79

#EFED79 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.803; OKLCH L 92.4% C 0.139 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFED79
RGB	rgb(239, 237, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.8%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(91.82, -14.64, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(91.82, 57.74, 104.69°)
OKLab	oklab(92.44% -0.0427 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(92.44% 0.139 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(69.3336, 80.3013, 29.9328)
Luminance	0.8030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFED79 #797BEF

analogous

#EFB279 #EFED79 #B6EF79

triadic

#EFED79 #79EFED #ED79EF

tetradic

#EFED79 #79EFB2 #797BEF #EF79B6

square

#EFED79 #79EFB2 #797BEF #EF79B6

split-complementary

#EFED79 #79B6EF #B279EF

monochromatic

#D4D119 #E8E642 #EFED79 #F6F4B0 #FCFBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.23

#EFED79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.06

#EFED79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFED79

17.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFED79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFED79	1.00	1.23	17.06	17.06
#FFFFFF	1.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FDE56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEA7F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDE0D2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E7E7E7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efed79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 237, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.4% 0.139 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6f2a2',
    500: '#efed79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efed79;
$custom-light: #f6f2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efed79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 237,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92439,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFED79

secondary

#4446C9

accent

#0EDB0B

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF6

border

#D7D6D0

text

#17160F

muted

#858580

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFED79

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

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