#EFC55E#EFC55E

#EFC55E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.130 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC55E
RGB	rgb(239, 197, 94)
HSL	hsl(43, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, 3.50, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 56.26, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.05% 0.0066 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(84.05% 0.13 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.5861, 59.0947, 18.9608)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC55E #5E88EF

analogous

#EF7D5E #EFC55E #D0EF5E

triadic

#EFC55E #5EEFC5 #C55EEF

tetradic

#EFC55E #5EEF7D #5E88EF #EF5ED0

square

#EFC55E #5EEF7D #5E88EF #EF5ED0

split-complementary

#EFC55E #5ED0EF #7D5EEF

monochromatic

#C08E13 #E9B126 #EFC55E #F5D996 #FAEDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EFC55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#EFC55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC55E

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC55E	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 197, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.130 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d68f',
    500: '#efc55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc55e;
$custom-light: #f8d68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.621,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84052,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC55E

secondary

#335CBE

accent

#46DE07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC55E

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

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