#EFC255#EFC255

#EFC255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC255
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, 4.49, 59.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 59.45, 85.67°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% 0.0083 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.135 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5311, 57.5937, 16.7317)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC255 #5582EF

analogous

#EF7555 #EFC255 #CFEF55

triadic

#EFC255 #55EFC2 #C255EF

tetradic

#EFC255 #55EF75 #5582EF #EF55CF

square

#EFC255 #55EF75 #5582EF #EF55CF

split-complementary

#EFC255 #55CFEF #7555EF

monochromatic

#B88711 #EAAE1D #EFC255 #F4D68D #FAEAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EFC255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC255

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC255	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB2AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d489',
    500: '#efc255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc255;
$custom-light: #f8d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.468,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83371,
    "c": 0.1354,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC255

secondary

#3158B7

accent

#46DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC255

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

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