#EFB259#EFB259

#EFB259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.127 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB259
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.63, 13.12, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.63, 54.74, 76.13°)
OKLab	oklab(80.34% 0.034 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(80.34% 0.127 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.3234, 50.9167, 16.4687)
Luminance	0.5091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB259 #5996EF

analogous

#EF6759 #EFB259 #E1EF59

triadic

#EFB259 #59EFB2 #B259EF

tetradic

#EFB259 #59EF67 #5996EF #EF59E1

square

#EFB259 #59EF67 #5996EF #EF59E1

split-complementary

#EFB259 #59E1EF #6759EF

monochromatic

#BC7712 #EA9821 #EFB259 #F4CC91 #FAE6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#EFB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#EFB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB259

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB259	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)

#C8B450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.127 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c88b',
    500: '#efb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb259;
$custom-light: #f8c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80336,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB259

secondary

#3269BA

accent

#5FDF07

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB259

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

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