#EFC161#EFC161

#EFC161 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC161
RGB	rgb(239, 193, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, 5.79, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 53.97, 83.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% 0.0136 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.125 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.8271, 57.3572, 19.3848)
Luminance	0.5735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC161 #618FEF

analogous

#EF7A61 #EFC161 #D6EF61

triadic

#EFC161 #61EFC1 #C161EF

tetradic

#EFC161 #61EF7A #618FEF #EF61D6

square

#EFC161 #61EF7A #618FEF #EF61D6

split-complementary

#EFC161 #61D6EF #7A61EF

monochromatic

#C28914 #E9AB29 #EFC161 #F5D799 #FAEDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#EFC161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC161

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC161	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C058

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 193, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d391',
    500: '#efc161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc161;
$custom-light: #f8d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.563,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83304,
    "c": 0.12547,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC161

secondary

#3462C0

accent

#4DDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC161

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

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