#EFB261#EFB261

#EFB261 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.121 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB261
RGB	rgb(239, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(34, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(34, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.5%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, 13.66, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 51.26, 74.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% 0.0367 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.121 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.6777, 51.0584, 18.3350)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB261 #619EEF

analogous

#EF6B61 #EFB261 #E5EF61

triadic

#EFB261 #61EFB2 #B261EF

tetradic

#EFB261 #61EF6B #619EEF #EF61E5

square

#EFB261 #61EF6B #619EEF #EF61E5

split-complementary

#EFB261 #61E5EF #6B61EF

monochromatic

#C27714 #E99729 #EFB261 #F5CD99 #FAE8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EFB261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#EFB261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB261

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB261	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B559

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.121 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8c990',
    500: '#efb261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb261;
$custom-light: #f8c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.225,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80431,
    "c": 0.12121,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB261

secondary

#3470C0

accent

#64DE08

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#18130D

muted

#86827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB261

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

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