#EFBE38#EFBE38

#EFBE38 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.152 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFBE38
RGB	rgb(239, 190, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 85%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 77%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 76.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.31, 5.15, 69.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.31, 69.80, 85.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% 0.0069 0.1519)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.152 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7273, 55.4669, 11.5643)
Luminance	0.5546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFBE38 #3869EF

analogous

#EF6238 #EFBE38 #C5EF38

triadic

#EFBE38 #38EFBE #BE38EF

tetradic

#EFBE38 #38EF62 #3869EF #EF38C5

square

#EFBE38 #38EF62 #3869EF #EF38C5

split-complementary

#EFBE38 #38C5EF #6238EF

monochromatic

#A0780D #D8A311 #EFBE38 #F4D171 #F8E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#EFBE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#EFBE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFBE38

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFBE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFBE38	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CA3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efbe38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 190, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.152 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d178',
    500: '#efbe38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efbe38;
$custom-light: #f9d178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efbe38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.934,
    "s": 85.116,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82357,
    "c": 0.15208,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFBE38

secondary

#2949A2

accent

#64FB2C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFBE38

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

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