#EFAD40#EFAD40

#EFAD40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.143 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFAD40
RGB	rgb(239, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(37, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 73.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, 14.40, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 64.29, 77.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.16% 0.0345 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(79.16% 0.143 76)
XYZ	xyz(51.4691, 48.6122, 11.5218)
Luminance	0.4861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFAD40 #4082EF

analogous

#EF5540 #EFAD40 #DAEF40

triadic

#EFAD40 #40EFAD #AD40EF

tetradic

#EFAD40 #40EF55 #4082EF #EF40DA

square

#EFAD40 #40EF55 #4082EF #EF40DA

split-complementary

#EFAD40 #40DAEF #5540EF

monochromatic

#A76D0E #DF9213 #EFAD40 #F4C578 #F8DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#EFAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#EFAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFAD40

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFAD40	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C044

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.143 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c57b',
    500: '#efad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efad40;
$custom-light: #f9c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.371,
    "s": 84.541,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79158,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.48608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFAD40

secondary

#A3BDE7

accent

#7BFB2D

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFAD40

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

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