#EFC256#EFC256

#EFC256 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.135 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC256
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 86)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, 4.55, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 59.02, 85.58°)
OKLab	oklab(83.38% 0.0086 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(83.38% 0.135 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.5711, 57.6097, 16.9424)
Luminance	0.5761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC256 #5683EF

analogous

#EF7556 #EFC256 #CFEF56

triadic

#EFC256 #56EFC2 #C256EF

tetradic

#EFC256 #56EF75 #5683EF #EF56CF

square

#EFC256 #56EF75 #5683EF #EF56CF

split-complementary

#EFC256 #56CFEF #7556EF

monochromatic

#B98812 #EAAE1E #EFC256 #F4D68E #FAEAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EFC256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC256

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC256	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)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.135 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d48a',
    500: '#efc256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc256;
$custom-light: #f8d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83381,
    "c": 0.13465,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC256

secondary

#3159B8

accent

#46DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC256

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

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