#EFC252#EFC252

#EFC252 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.138 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC252
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 65.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 4.31, 60.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 60.71, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% 0.0074 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.138 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4144, 57.5470, 16.1173)
Luminance	0.5754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC252 #527FEF

analogous

#EF7452 #EFC252 #CDEF52

triadic

#EFC252 #52EFC2 #C252EF

tetradic

#EFC252 #52EF74 #527FEF #EF52CD

square

#EFC252 #52EF74 #527FEF #EF52CD

split-complementary

#EFC252 #52CDEF #7452EF

monochromatic

#B68711 #EAAE1A #EFC252 #F4D68A #F9EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EFC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC252

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC252	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.138 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d487',
    500: '#efc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc252;
$custom-light: #f8d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.803,
    "s": 83.069,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83342,
    "c": 0.13763,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC252

secondary

#3056B5

accent

#44DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC252

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

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