#EFC55C#EFC55C

#EFC55C is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.131 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC55C
RGB	rgb(239, 197, 92)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 61.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.32, 3.37, 57.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.32, 57.14, 86.62°)
OKLab	oklab(84.03% 0.0059 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(84.03% 0.131 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.4975, 59.0593, 18.4942)
Luminance	0.5906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC55C #5C86EF

analogous

#EF7B5C #EFC55C #D0EF5C

triadic

#EFC55C #5CEFC5 #C55CEF

tetradic

#EFC55C #5CEF7B #5C86EF #EF5CD0

square

#EFC55C #5CEF7B #5C86EF #EF5CD0

split-complementary

#EFC55C #5CD0EF #7B5CEF

monochromatic

#BE8D13 #EAB124 #EFC55C #F4D994 #FAEDCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EFC55C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.81

#EFC55C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC55C

12.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC55C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC55C	1.00	1.64	12.81	12.81
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc55c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 197, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.131 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d68e',
    500: '#efc55c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc55c;
$custom-light: #f8d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc55c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 82.123,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84031,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC55C

secondary

#335ABC

accent

#45DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC55C

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

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