#EFC579#EFC579

#EFC579 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.106 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC579
RGB	rgb(239, 197, 121)
HSL	hsl(39, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(39, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, 5.63, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 43.88, 82.63°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% 0.0159 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.106 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(59.0164, 59.6668, 26.4938)
Luminance	0.5966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC579 #79A3EF

analogous

#EF8A79 #EFC579 #DEEF79

triadic

#EFC579 #79EFC5 #C579EF

tetradic

#EFC579 #79EF8A #79A3EF #EF79DE

square

#EFC579 #79EF8A #79A3EF #EF79DE

split-complementary

#EFC579 #79DEEF #8A79EF

monochromatic

#D49219 #E8AD42 #EFC579 #F6DDB0 #FCF3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#EFC579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#EFC579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC579

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC579	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CF7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB8B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 197, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.106 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d6a1',
    500: '#efc579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc579;
$custom-light: #f7d6a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.644,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.844,
    "c": 0.10589,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC579

secondary

#4473C9

accent

#55DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC579

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

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