#EFB257#EFB257

#EFB257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.129 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB257
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.61, 12.99, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.61, 55.60, 76.49°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% 0.0334 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.129 75)
XYZ	xyz(53.2405, 50.8836, 16.0324)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB257 #5794EF

analogous

#EF6657 #EFB257 #E0EF57

triadic

#EFB257 #57EFB2 #B257EF

tetradic

#EFB257 #57EF66 #5794EF #EF57E0

square

#EFB257 #57EF66 #5794EF #EF57E0

split-complementary

#EFB257 #57E0EF #6657EF

monochromatic

#BA7612 #EA981F #EFB257 #F4CC8F #FAE5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EFB257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#EFB257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB257

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB257	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.129 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c889',
    500: '#efb257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb257;
$custom-light: #f8c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.921,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80314,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.5088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB257

secondary

#3168B9

accent

#5DDF06

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB257

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

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