#EFB255#EFB255

#EFB255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.130 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB255
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(36, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.59, 12.87, 54.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.59, 56.45, 76.82°)
OKLab	oklab(80.29% 0.0328 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(80.29% 0.13 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1599, 50.8513, 15.6080)
Luminance	0.5085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB255 #5592EF

analogous

#EF6555 #EFB255 #DFEF55

triadic

#EFB255 #55EFB2 #B255EF

tetradic

#EFB255 #55EF65 #5592EF #EF55DF

square

#EFB255 #55EF65 #5592EF #EF55DF

split-complementary

#EFB255 #55DFEF #6555EF

monochromatic

#B87611 #EA991D #EFB255 #F4CB8D #FAE5C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EFB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#EFB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB255

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB255	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C358

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.130 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c888',
    500: '#efb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb255;
$custom-light: #f8c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.234,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80292,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB255

secondary

#3166B7

accent

#5CDF06

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB255

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

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