#EFC299#EFC299

#EFC299 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.075 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC299
RGB	rgb(239, 194, 153)
HSL	hsl(29, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(29, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, 10.52, 26.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 28.70, 68.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.38% 0.0329 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(84.38% 0.075 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(60.6397, 59.2371, 38.3706)
Luminance	0.5923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC299 #99C6EF

analogous

#EF999B #EFC299 #EFED99

triadic

#EFC299 #99EFC2 #C299EF

tetradic

#EFC299 #9BEF99 #99C6EF #ED99EF

square

#EFC299 #9BEF99 #99C6EF #ED99EF

split-complementary

#EFC299 #99EFED #999BEF

monochromatic

#DE832F #E7A264 #EFC299 #F7E2CE #FBEFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EFC299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#EFC299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC299

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC299	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C496

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBCE9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDB8B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 194, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.075 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d4b7',
    500: '#efc299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc299;
$custom-light: #f5d4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.605,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84379,
    "c": 0.07479,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC299

secondary

#6199CC

accent

#77D511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC299

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

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