#EFAE46#EFAE46

#EFAE46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.140 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFAE46
RGB	rgb(239, 174, 70)
HSL	hsl(37, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 70.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.49, 14.15, 60.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.49, 62.09, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.4% 0.0345 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(79.4% 0.14 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.8416, 49.0691, 12.5341)
Luminance	0.4906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFAE46 #4687EF

analogous

#EF5946 #EFAE46 #DCEF46

triadic

#EFAE46 #46EFAE #AE46EF

tetradic

#EFAE46 #46EF59 #4687EF #EF46DC

square

#EFAE46 #46EF59 #4687EF #EF46DC

split-complementary

#EFAE46 #46DCEF #5946EF

monochromatic

#AC6F0F #E49414 #EFAE46 #F4C77E #F9DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#EFAE46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#EFAE46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFAE46

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFAE46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFAE46	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C049

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF9D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efae46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 174, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.140 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c67f',
    500: '#efae46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efae46;
$custom-light: #f9c67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efae46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 84.08,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79395,
    "c": 0.13953,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFAE46

secondary

#A8C1E9

accent

#59E105

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFAE46

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

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