#EFC172#EFC172

#EFC172 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.111 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC172
RGB	rgb(239, 193, 114)
HSL	hsl(38, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(38, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, 7.10, 45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 46.22, 81.16°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% 0.0195 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.111 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.7064, 57.7089, 24.0158)
Luminance	0.5771 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC172 #72A0EF

analogous

#EF8372 #EFC172 #DFEF72

triadic

#EFC172 #72EFC1 #C172EF

tetradic

#EFC172 #72EF83 #72A0EF #EF72DF

square

#EFC172 #72EF83 #72A0EF #EF72DF

split-complementary

#EFC172 #72DFEF #8372EF

monochromatic

#CF8C18 #E9A93B #EFC172 #F5D9A9 #FBF1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#EFC172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#EFC172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC172

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC172	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C16B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCD74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 193, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.111 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d39c',
    500: '#efc172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc172;
$custom-light: #f7d39c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.92,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83522,
    "c": 0.11069,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC172

secondary

#3D70C8

accent

#57DC0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC172

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

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