#EFBE4A#EFBE4A

#EFBE4A is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.141 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFBE4A
RGB	rgb(239, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 69%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.43, 5.95, 62.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.43, 63.12, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% 0.0112 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.141 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2493, 55.6757, 14.3137)
Luminance	0.5567 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFBE4A #4A7BEF

analogous

#EF6C4A #EFBE4A #CDEF4A

triadic

#EFBE4A #4AEFBE #BE4AEF

tetradic

#EFBE4A #4AEF6C #4A7BEF #EF4ACD

square

#EFBE4A #4AEF6C #4A7BEF #EF4ACD

split-complementary

#EFBE4A #4ACDEF #6C4AEF

monochromatic

#AF800F #E7A914 #EFBE4A #F4D282 #F9E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#EFBE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.13

#EFBE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFBE4A

12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFBE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFBE4A	1.00	1.73	12.13	12.13
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efbe4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.141 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d182',
    500: '#efbe4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efbe4a;
$custom-light: #f9d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efbe4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.182,
    "s": 83.756,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82489,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFBE4A

secondary

#2E54AF

accent

#46E005

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFBE4A

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

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