#EFC162#EFC162

#EFC162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.125 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC162
RGB	rgb(239, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(40, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, 5.86, 53.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 53.52, 83.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.32% 0.0139 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(83.32% 0.125 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.8740, 57.3759, 19.6319)
Luminance	0.5737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC162 #6290EF

analogous

#EF7A62 #EFC162 #D6EF62

triadic

#EFC162 #62EFC1 #C162EF

tetradic

#EFC162 #62EF7A #6290EF #EF62D6

square

#EFC162 #62EF7A #6290EF #EF62D6

split-complementary

#EFC162 #62D6EF #7A62EF

monochromatic

#C38A14 #E9AB2A #EFC162 #F5D79A #FAEDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#EFC162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC162

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC162	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)

#D5C159

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.125 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d391',
    500: '#efc162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc162;
$custom-light: #f7d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.426,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83316,
    "c": 0.12464,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC162

secondary

#3562C1

accent

#4EDE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC162

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

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