#EFC481#EFC481

#EFC481 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.098 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC481
RGB	rgb(239, 196, 129)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(37, 46%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 46%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.52, 6.90, 39.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.52, 39.90, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(84.33% 0.0205 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(84.33% 0.098 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.3012, 59.4187, 29.1100)
Luminance	0.5942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC481 #81ACEF

analogous

#EF8D81 #EFC481 #E3EF81

triadic

#EFC481 #81EFC4 #C481EF

tetradic

#EFC481 #81EF8D #81ACEF #EF81E3

square

#EFC481 #81EF8D #81ACEF #EF81E3

split-complementary

#EFC481 #81E3EF #8D81EF

monochromatic

#DA901C #E8AB4B #EFC481 #F6DDB7 #FCF2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EFC481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#EFC481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC481

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC481	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CF83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 196, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.098 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d5a6',
    500: '#efc481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc481;
$custom-light: #f6d5a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.545,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84329,
    "c": 0.09783,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC481

secondary

#4B7CC9

accent

#5CDA0C

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF6

border

#D7D4D0

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC481

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

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