#EFB256#EFB256

#EFB256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.129 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB256
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 86)
HSL	hsl(36, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 12.93, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 56.02, 76.66°)
OKLab	oklab(80.3% 0.0331 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(80.3% 0.129 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.1999, 50.8673, 15.8187)
Luminance	0.5086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB256 #5693EF

analogous

#EF6556 #EFB256 #E0EF56

triadic

#EFB256 #56EFB2 #B256EF

tetradic

#EFB256 #56EF65 #5693EF #EF56E0

square

#EFB256 #56EF65 #5693EF #EF56E0

split-complementary

#EFB256 #56E0EF #6556EF

monochromatic

#B97612 #EA991E #EFB256 #F4CB8E #FAE5C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EFB256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#EFB256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB256

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB256	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)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.129 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#efb256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb256;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.078,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80303,
    "c": 0.12942,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB256

secondary

#3167B8

accent

#5DDF06

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB256

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

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