Macaroni And Cheese#EFB435

#EFB435 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Macaroni And Cheese — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#EFB435
RGB	rgb(239, 180, 53)
HSL	hsl(41, 85%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 78%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.7%, 77.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, 10.27, 68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 69.13, 81.46°)
OKLab	oklab(80.41% 0.0213 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(80.41% 0.15 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.5640, 51.2543, 10.4921)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB435 #3570EF

analogous

#EF5735 #EFB435 #CDEF35

triadic

#EFB435 #35EFB4 #B435EF

tetradic

#EFB435 #35EF57 #3570EF #EF35CD

square

#EFB435 #35EF57 #3570EF #EF35CD

split-complementary

#EFB435 #35CDEF #5735EF

monochromatic

#9D6F0C #D69711 #EFB435 #F3C96E #F8DEA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#EFB435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#EFB435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB435

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB435	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 180, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faca76',
    500: '#efb435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb435;
$custom-light: #faca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.968,
    "s": 85.321,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80406,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB435

secondary

#284EA0

accent

#6EFC2C

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F1

border

#D7D2CB

text

#181309

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB435

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

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