#EFC561#EFC561

#EFC561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.127 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC561
RGB	rgb(239, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(42, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.37, 3.71, 54.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.37, 54.92, 86.13°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% 0.0075 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.127 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.7233, 59.1496, 19.6836)
Luminance	0.5915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC561 #618BEF

analogous

#EF7E61 #EFC561 #D2EF61

triadic

#EFC561 #61EFC5 #C561EF

tetradic

#EFC561 #61EF7E #618BEF #EF61D2

square

#EFC561 #61EF7E #618BEF #EF61D2

split-complementary

#EFC561 #61D2EF #7E61EF

monochromatic

#C28E14 #E9B129 #EFC561 #F5D999 #FAEED0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#EFC561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#EFC561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC561

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC561	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C457

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.127 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d691',
    500: '#efc561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc561;
$custom-light: #f7d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.254,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84086,
    "c": 0.1274,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC561

secondary

#345EC0

accent

#47DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC561

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

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