#EFC259#EFC259

#EFC259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.132 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC259
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.55, 4.73, 57.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.55, 57.73, 85.30°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% 0.0095 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.132 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6945, 57.6590, 17.5924)
Luminance	0.5766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC259 #5986EF

analogous

#EF7759 #EFC259 #D1EF59

triadic

#EFC259 #59EFC2 #C259EF

tetradic

#EFC259 #59EF77 #5986EF #EF59D1

square

#EFC259 #59EF77 #5986EF #EF59D1

split-complementary

#EFC259 #59D1EF #7759EF

monochromatic

#BC8912 #EAAD21 #EFC259 #F4D791 #FAEBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#EFC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.53

#EFC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC259

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC259	1.00	1.68	12.53	12.53
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.132 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d48c',
    500: '#efc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc259;
$custom-light: #f8d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83411,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC259

secondary

#325BBA

accent

#48DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC259

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

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