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#eff183

a light, electric yellow · warm · closest name: Khaki

Token name suggestion: Meadow Straw

RGB
239, 241, 131
HSL
61°, 80%, 73%
CMYK
1, 0, 46, 6
Luminance
0.8290

#eff183 is a light electric yellow, 61° on the wheel and 26/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (17.58:1). As text it scores 1.19:1 on white — use #797B0E instead. Nearest name is Khaki, nearest Tailwind family is lime.

hsl(61 80% 73%)rgb(239 241 131)Base step 300AAA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #eff183 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#eff183
Hue
61°
yellow
Saturation
80%
electric
Lightness
73%
light
Brightness
95%
HSV value
Perceived
90%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.8290
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
26/100 cool
Color family
Yellow
Tone
Electric
Best ink
Black
17.58:1
Closest name
Khaki
ΔE2000 4.3
Chroma
54.9
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.934
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
lime
500 · ΔE 17.1
Web-safe
#FFFF99
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue61° of 360°
Saturation80%
Lightness73%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #eff183.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool26% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red22%
Green76%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#eff183
HEX (8-digit)#eff183ff
RGBrgb(239, 241, 131)
RGBArgba(239, 241, 131, 1)
HSLhsl(61, 80%, 73%)
HSV / HSBhsv(61, 46%, 95%)
HWBhwb(61 51% 5%)
CMYKcmyk(1%, 0%, 46%, 6%)
LABlab(93.0 -15.7 52.6)
LCHlch(93.0 54.9 106.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.934 0.133 109.6)
XYZ (D65)xyz(71.15, 82.90, 33.72)
Decimal15724931
Display P3color(display-p3 0.937 0.945 0.514)
Web-safe#FFFF99

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #eff183;
background-color: #eff183;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #eff183;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#eff183] bg-[#eff183]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #eff183;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.937, green: 0.945, blue: 0.514)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.937, green: 0.945, blue: 0.514, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#EFF183</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFFEFF183)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFFEFF183)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(131, 241, 239)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(239, 241, 131)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(239, 241, 131)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 239, 241, 131)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.9373f, 0.9451f, 0.5137f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{239,241,131}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #eff183 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #eff183 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#71730D, #EEEED3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #eff183 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FCFCF3;
  --brand-100: #F9F9E6;
  --brand-200: #F4F5C7;
  --brand-300: #eff183;
  --brand-400: #EBEE68;
  --brand-500: #E5E835;
  --brand-600: #D8DC19;
  --brand-700: #B4B715;
  --brand-800: #909311;
  --brand-900: #686A10;
  --brand-950: #41420A;
  --brand: #eff183;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAFAF4;
  --brand-border: #ECEDC0;
  --brand-hover: #EBED63;
  --brand-pressed: #E7EA43;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #242414;
    --brand-ink: #EEEED3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FCFCF3',
        100: '#F9F9E6',
        200: '#F4F5C7',
        300: '#eff183',
        400: '#EBEE68',
        500: '#E5E835',
        600: '#D8DC19',
        700: '#B4B715',
        800: '#909311',
        900: '#686A10',
        950: '#41420A',
        DEFAULT: '#eff183',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FCFCF3,
  '100': #F9F9E6,
  '200': #F4F5C7,
  '300': #eff183,
  '400': #EBEE68,
  '500': #E5E835,
  '600': #D8DC19,
  '700': #B4B715,
  '800': #909311,
  '900': #686A10,
  '950': #41420A,
);
$brand-base: #eff183;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FCFCF3", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F9F9E6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#F4F5C7", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#eff183", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#EBEE68", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#E5E835", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#D8DC19", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#B4B715", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#909311", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#686A10", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#41420A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #eff183 · 17.58:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 1.19:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 17.58:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #eff183 as text scores 1.19:1 on white and 17.58:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #71730D at 4.23:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#797B0E · 4.51:1
AA on white−46% L
#797B0E
The quick fox
#5A5B0A · 7.15:1
AAA on white−53% L
#5A5B0A
The quick fox
#eff183 · 17.58:1
AA on blackalready passes
#eff183
The quick fox
#eff183 · 17.58:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#eff183

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #949711 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#eff183 on white: 1.19:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#eff183 on black: 17.58:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #eff183 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #eff183.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White1.19:1AaAa
Slate 501.14:1AaAa
Slate 1001.09:1AaAa
Slate 2001.03:1AaAa
Slate 3001.24:1AaAa
Slate 4002.15:1AaAa
Slate 5003.98:1AaAa
Slate 6006.34:1AaAa
Slate 7008.67:1AaAa
Slate 80012.25:1AaAa
Slate 90014.95:1AaAa
Black17.58:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #FFE97A
deuteranopia · #FFED88
tritanopia · #FCE5D7

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #eff183 is pinned to step 300; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FCFCF3
#F9F9E6
#F4F5C7
#eff183
#EBEE68
#E5E835
#D8DC19
#B4B715
#909311
#686A10
#41420A
Base = 300Lightest = 50 · #FCFCF3Darkest = 950 · #41420AText step on white = 900
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.033 109.6);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.053 109.6);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.080 109.6);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.104 109.6);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.123 109.6);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.133 109.6);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.133 109.6);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.125 109.6);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.112 109.6);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.093 109.6);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.073 109.6);
}

Colors that work with #eff183

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAFAF4
Tinted page background
Border#ECEDC0
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#999B4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#1038BC
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#71730D
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#FCFCE8
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#242414
Dark-mode background
Hover#EBED63
One step down in lightness
Pressed#E7EA43
Two steps down
Disabled#F5F5EF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#F7F98F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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Data
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How to use #eff183

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Card and section backgrounds
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • White text placed on it
  • Thin strokes and 1px borders — they disappear on light UI
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #71730D
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #949711

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

optimisticalertcheap-and-cheerfulvisible

The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The lightness keeps it airy and approachable.

Worth knowing

Almost never passes contrast against white. Treat it as a surface or a marker, not as text.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight27/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#8583F1
Analogous left#F1BC83
Analogous right#B8F183
Split-complement 1#83B8F1
Split-complement 2#BC83F1
Triadic 1#83EFF1
Triadic 2#F183EF
Tetradic#83F1BC
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°61°

#eff183 sits at 61°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red93.7%
Green94.5%
Blue51.4%
R · 0–255
239
0xef
G · 0–255
241
0xf1
B · 0–255
131
0x83

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.8%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow45.6%
Key (black)5.5%

Total ink coverage is 52%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#eff183 text on a black background

contrast 17.58:1

Card sample

#eff183 text on a white background

contrast 1.19:1

Card sample

#eff183 on grey

1.09:1

#eff183 on its own surface

1.14:1

#eff183 on its dark surface

13.14:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #eff183;
Background color
Panel with #eff183 background
background-color: #eff183;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #eff183;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(239, 241, 131, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(239, 241, 131, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #eff183;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #eff183, #A6F183);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eff183, #8AF183);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #eff183;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #eff183;
caret-color: #eff183;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #eff183;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #FCFCE8;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #eff183;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#eff183 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #eff183 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(239, 241, 131, 0.5)
rgb(239 241 131 / 50%)
#eff18380
hsl(61 80% 73% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #eff183 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#eff1831a#FDFEF3
20%#eff18333#FCFCE6
40%#eff18366#F9F9CD
60%#eff18399#F5F7B5
80%#eff183cc#F2F49C

Gradients from #eff183

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6F7BA, #eff183 45%, #71730D);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #eff183, #86EE67);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #eff183, #8583F1);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #FAFAD5 0%, #eff183 45%, #71730D 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAFAF4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #F6CFB1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #C0F49E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #71730D 0%, transparent 65%), #eff183;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #eff183

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#eff183 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
RetailLeisureEnergyWarning systems
Common UI roles
SurfacesBadgesHighlightsEmpty states
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 17.58:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#eff183, answered

What color is #eff183?

#eff183 is a light electric yellow, closest to Khaki (ΔE2000 4.3). It sits at 61° on the hue wheel with 80% saturation and 73% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #eff183?

rgb(239, 241, 131) — 239 red, 241 green and 131 blue out of 255, or 93.7% / 94.5% / 51.4% by channel.

What is #eff183 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(61, 80%, 73%) and hsv(61, 46%, 95%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #eff183 a light or a dark color?

It is a light color. Relative luminance is 0.8290 and perceived brightness is 90%, so black text on it reaches 17.58:1.

Should I use black or white text on #eff183?

Black. It scores 17.58:1 against #eff183, versus 1.19:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #eff183 accessible on a white background?

#eff183 on white scores 1.19:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #797B0E to reach 4.5:1, or #5A5B0A for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #eff183?

#8583F1 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #83B8F1 and #BC83F1, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #eff183?

For interface work: #FAFAF4 as the surface, #ECEDC0 for borders, #999B4B for secondary text, #1038BC as an accent and #71730D for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #F1BC83 and #B8F183 stays calm, while #8583F1 is the loudest partner.

What is #eff183 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(1%, 0%, 46%, 6%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #eff183 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 26 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #F1CB83; nudged cooler, #C7F281.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #eff183?

The lime family — its 500 step is #84cc16, ΔE2000 17.1 away. That is a visible difference, so define #eff183 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #eff183 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#eff183] or text-[#eff183], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #eff183 with 50% opacity?

rgba(239, 241, 131, 0.5), or #eff18380 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #F7F8C1; over black, #787942.

Is #eff183 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #FFFF99, ΔE2000 3.3 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #eff183 mean?

As a yellow, it reads optimistic, alert, cheap-and-cheerful. The most visible hue at low light levels, which is why it owns warnings, hazard tape and value retail. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #eff183?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #F6F7BA, #eff183 45%, #71730D). For more colour, a short hue run to #86EE67 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #eff183 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #eff183 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.