#EFBB40#EFBB40

#EFBB40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.146 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFBB40
RGB	rgb(239, 187, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.8%, 73.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, 7.04, 66.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 66.40, 83.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0132 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.146 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.2957, 54.2653, 12.4640)
Luminance	0.5426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFBB40 #4074EF

analogous

#EF6340 #EFBB40 #CCEF40

triadic

#EFBB40 #40EFBB #BB40EF

tetradic

#EFBB40 #40EF63 #4074EF #EF40CC

square

#EFBB40 #40EF63 #4074EF #EF40CC

split-complementary

#EFBB40 #40CCEF #6340EF

monochromatic

#A7790E #DFA213 #EFBB40 #F4CF78 #F8E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#EFBB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#EFBB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFBB40

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFBB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFBB40	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efbb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 187, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.146 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9cf7c',
    500: '#efbb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efbb40;
$custom-light: #f9cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efbb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.171,
    "s": 84.541,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81828,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54262
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFBB40

secondary

#2B50A8

accent

#6AFB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFBB40

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

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