#EFC156#EFC156

#EFC156 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.134 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC156
RGB	rgb(239, 193, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 5.07, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 58.79, 85.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.19% 0.0101 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(83.19% 0.134 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.3493, 57.1660, 16.8685)
Luminance	0.5716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC156 #5684EF

analogous

#EF7456 #EFC156 #D0EF56

triadic

#EFC156 #56EFC1 #C156EF

tetradic

#EFC156 #56EF74 #5684EF #EF56D0

square

#EFC156 #56EF74 #5684EF #EF56D0

split-complementary

#EFC156 #56D0EF #7456EF

monochromatic

#B98712 #EAAC1E #EFC156 #F4D68E #FAEAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EFC156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#EFC156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC156

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC156	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 193, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.134 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d38a',
    500: '#efc156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc156;
$custom-light: #f8d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.961,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83185,
    "c": 0.13418,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC156

secondary

#315AB8

accent

#48DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC156

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

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