#EFC44C#EFC44C

#EFC44C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.143 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC44C
RGB	rgb(239, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(44, 84%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 68.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, 2.94, 63.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 63.64, 87.35°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% 0.0027 0.1429)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.143 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.6441, 58.3559, 15.1164)
Luminance	0.5835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC44C #4C77EF

analogous

#EF734C #EFC44C #C8EF4C

triadic

#EFC44C #4CEFC4 #C44CEF

tetradic

#EFC44C #4CEF73 #4C77EF #EF4CC8

square

#EFC44C #4CEF73 #4C77EF #EF4CC8

split-complementary

#EFC44C #4CC8EF #734CEF

monochromatic

#B18610 #E9B115 #EFC44C #F4D784 #F9E9BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#EFC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#EFC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC44C

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC44C	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.143 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d584',
    500: '#efc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc44c;
$custom-light: #f8d584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.172,
    "s": 83.59,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83681,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC44C

secondary

#2E51B1

accent

#3FE005

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC44C

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

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