#EFC596#EFC596

#EFC596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.078 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC596
RGB	rgb(239, 197, 150)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(32, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.10, 8.59, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.10, 30.43, 73.59°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% 0.0271 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.078 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(61.0695, 60.4881, 37.3069)
Luminance	0.6048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC596 #96C0EF

analogous

#EF9996 #EFC596 #EDEF96

triadic

#EFC596 #96EFC5 #C596EF

tetradic

#EFC596 #96EF99 #96C0EF #EF96ED

square

#EFC596 #96EF99 #96C0EF #EF96ED

split-complementary

#EFC596 #96EDEF #9996EF

monochromatic

#DF8A2C #E7A861 #EFC596 #F7E2CB #FBF0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#EFC596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#EFC596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC596

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC596	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C793

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DED097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBBB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 197, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.078 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d6b5',
    500: '#efc596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc596;
$custom-light: #f5d6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.685,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84895,
    "c": 0.07788,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC596

secondary

#5E92CB

accent

#6DD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC596

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

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