#EFC457#EFC457

#EFC457 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.135 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC457
RGB	rgb(239, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.03, 3.57, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.03, 59.06, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(83.78% 0.0059 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(83.78% 0.135 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.0598, 58.5221, 17.3055)
Luminance	0.5852 (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

#EFC457 #5782EF

analogous

#EF7857 #EFC457 #CEEF57

triadic

#EFC457 #57EFC4 #C457EF

tetradic

#EFC457 #57EF78 #5782EF #EF57CE

square

#EFC457 #57EF78 #5782EF #EF57CE

split-complementary

#EFC457 #57CEEF #7857EF

monochromatic

#BA8A12 #EAB01F #EFC457 #F4D88F #FAEBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EFC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#EFC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC457

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC457	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C24B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.135 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d58b',
    500: '#efc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc457;
$custom-light: #f8d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.026,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83782,
    "c": 0.13489,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC457

secondary

#3158B9

accent

#44DF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC457

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

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