#EFC461#EFC461

#EFC461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.127 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC461
RGB	rgb(239, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.12, 4.23, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.12, 54.68, 85.57°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% 0.009 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.127 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.4970, 58.6970, 19.6081)
Luminance	0.5869 (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

#EFC461 #618CEF

analogous

#EF7D61 #EFC461 #D3EF61

triadic

#EFC461 #61EFC4 #C461EF

tetradic

#EFC461 #61EF7D #618CEF #EF61D3

square

#EFC461 #61EF7D #618CEF #EF61D3

split-complementary

#EFC461 #61D3EF #7D61EF

monochromatic

#C28D14 #E9AF29 #EFC461 #F5D999 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#EFC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#EFC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC461

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC461	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.127 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d591',
    500: '#efc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc461;
$custom-light: #f7d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.831,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8389,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC461

secondary

#345FC0

accent

#48DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC461

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

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