#EFC45E#EFC45E
#EFC45E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.129 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFC45E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 196, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18%, 60.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(81.09, 4.02, 55.87) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(81.09, 56.01, 85.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83.86% 0.0081 0.1291) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83.86% 0.129 86.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.3598, 58.6421, 18.8853) |
| Luminance | 0.5864 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.50
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.05
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.51
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.56
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.96
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFC45E #5E89EF
analogous
#EF7B5E #EFC45E #D1EF5E
triadic
#EFC45E #5EEFC4 #C45EEF
tetradic
#EFC45E #5EEF7B #5E89EF #EF5ED1
square
#EFC45E #5EEF7B #5E89EF #EF5ED1
split-complementary
#EFC45E #5ED1EF #7B5EEF
monochromatic
#C08C13 #E9B026 #EFC45E #F5D896 #FAEDCD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.65
#EFC45E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.73
#EFC45E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFC45E
12.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFC45E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFC45E | 1.00 | 1.65 | 12.73 | 12.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.65 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D8C354
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3CE62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFB5AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C9C9C9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efc45e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 196, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.129 86.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8d58f',
500: '#efc45e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efc45e; $custom-light: #f8d58f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efc45e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 196,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.207,
"s": 81.921,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.83856,
"c": 0.12936,
"h": 86.4
},
"luminance": 0.58639
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFC45E
secondary
#335CBE
accent
#47DE07
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#18140D
muted
#86837F