#EFB856#EFB856

#EFB856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.131 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFB856
RGB	rgb(239, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(38, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, 9.77, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 56.98, 80.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% 0.0238 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.131 79.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.4199, 53.3074, 16.2254)
Luminance	0.5330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFB856 #568DEF

analogous

#EF6B56 #EFB856 #DAEF56

triadic

#EFB856 #56EFB8 #B856EF

tetradic

#EFB856 #56EF6B #568DEF #EF56DA

square

#EFB856 #56EF6B #568DEF #EF56DA

split-complementary

#EFB856 #56DAEF #6B56EF

monochromatic

#B97D12 #EAA11E #EFB856 #F4CF8E #FAE7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#EFB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#EFB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFB856

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFB856	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.131 79.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8cd89',
    500: '#efb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efb856;
$custom-light: #f8cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.431,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81444,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFB856

secondary

#3162B8

accent

#54DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#18130C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFB856

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

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