#EFC253#EFC253

#EFC253 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.137 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC253
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(43, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 65.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, 4.37, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 60.29, 85.85°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% 0.0077 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.137 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4528, 57.5623, 16.3192)
Luminance	0.5756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC253 #5380EF

analogous

#EF7453 #EFC253 #CEEF53

triadic

#EFC253 #53EFC2 #C253EF

tetradic

#EFC253 #53EF74 #5380EF #EF53CE

square

#EFC253 #53EF74 #5380EF #EF53CE

split-complementary

#EFC253 #53CEEF #7453EF

monochromatic

#B78711 #EAAE1B #EFC253 #F4D68B #F9EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#EFC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC253

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC253	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)

#D7C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.137 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d488',
    500: '#efc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc253;
$custom-light: #f8d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.692,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83351,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC253

secondary

#3057B6

accent

#45DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC253

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

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