#EFC157#EFC157

#EFC157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.133 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC157
RGB	rgb(239, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.28, 5.13, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.28, 58.36, 84.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% 0.0104 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.133 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.3899, 57.1823, 17.0822)
Luminance	0.5718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC157 #5785EF

analogous

#EF7557 #EFC157 #D1EF57

triadic

#EFC157 #57EFC1 #C157EF

tetradic

#EFC157 #57EF75 #5785EF #EF57D1

square

#EFC157 #57EF75 #5785EF #EF57D1

split-complementary

#EFC157 #57D1EF #7557EF

monochromatic

#BA8712 #EAAC1F #EFC157 #F4D68F #FAEAC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EFC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#EFC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC157

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC157	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.133 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d38a',
    500: '#efc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc157;
$custom-light: #f8d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.842,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83195,
    "c": 0.13343,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC157

secondary

#315AB9

accent

#48DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC157

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

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