#EFC23C#EFC23C

#EFC23C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.573; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.152 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC23C
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 85%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 74.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.33, 3.23, 69.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.33, 69.23, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.17% 0.0018 0.1518)
OKLCH	oklch(83.17% 0.152 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.7073, 57.2641, 12.3930)
Luminance	0.5726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC23C #3C69EF

analogous

#EF683C #EFC23C #C2EF3C

triadic

#EFC23C #3CEFC2 #C23CEF

tetradic

#EFC23C #3CEF68 #3C69EF #EF3CC2

square

#EFC23C #3CEF68 #3C69EF #EF3CC2

split-complementary

#EFC23C #3CC2EF #683CEF

monochromatic

#A37E0D #DCA912 #EFC23C #F4D475 #F8E5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#EFC23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.45

#EFC23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC23C

12.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC23C	1.00	1.69	12.45	12.45
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.152 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9d47b',
    500: '#efc23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc23c;
$custom-light: #f9d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.916,
    "s": 84.834,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83167,
    "c": 0.15177,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC23C

secondary

#2A49A5

accent

#61FB2D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC23C

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

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