#EFB248#EFB248

#EFB248 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.139 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB248
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(38, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 69.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.47, 12.14, 60.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.47, 61.83, 78.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% 0.0289 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.139 78)
XYZ	xyz(52.6901, 50.6634, 13.1335)
Luminance	0.5066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB248 #4885EF

analogous

#EF5E48 #EFB248 #D8EF48

triadic

#EFB248 #48EFB2 #B248EF

tetradic

#EFB248 #48EF5E #4885EF #EF48D8

square

#EFB248 #48EF5E #4885EF #EF48D8

split-complementary

#EFB248 #48D8EF #5E48EF

monochromatic

#AD740F #E69914 #EFB248 #F4CA80 #F9E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#EFB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#EFB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB248

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB248	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.139 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9c880',
    500: '#efb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb248;
$custom-light: #f9c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.084,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80166,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.50659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB248

secondary

#2D5CAE

accent

#55E005

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB248

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

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