#EFC257#EFC257

#EFC257 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.134 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC257
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, 4.61, 58.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 58.59, 85.49°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% 0.0089 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.134 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.6117, 57.6259, 17.1561)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC257 #5784EF

analogous

#EF7657 #EFC257 #D0EF57

triadic

#EFC257 #57EFC2 #C257EF

tetradic

#EFC257 #57EF76 #5784EF #EF57D0

square

#EFC257 #57EF76 #5784EF #EF57D0

split-complementary

#EFC257 #57D0EF #7657EF

monochromatic

#BA8812 #EAAE1F #EFC257 #F4D68F #FAEBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#EFC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC257

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC257	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.134 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d48a',
    500: '#efc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc257;
$custom-light: #f8d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.237,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83391,
    "c": 0.1339,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57622
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC257

secondary

#3159B9

accent

#47DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC257

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

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