#EFC64F#EFC64F

#EFC64F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.142 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC64F
RGB	rgb(239, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.46, 2.07, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.46, 62.90, 88.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% 0.0006 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.142 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(57.2050, 59.3068, 15.8299)
Luminance	0.5930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC64F #4F78EF

analogous

#EF764F #EFC64F #C8EF4F

triadic

#EFC64F #4FEFC6 #C64FEF

tetradic

#EFC64F #4FEF76 #4F78EF #EF4FC8

square

#EFC64F #4FEF76 #4F78EF #EF4FC8

split-complementary

#EFC64F #4FC8EF #764FEF

monochromatic

#B38A10 #EAB417 #EFC64F #F4D887 #F9EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EFC64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.86

#EFC64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC64F

12.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC64F	1.00	1.63	12.86	12.86
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.142 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d686',
    500: '#efc64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc64f;
$custom-light: #f8d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.625,
    "s": 83.333,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84101,
    "c": 0.14186,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC64F

secondary

#2F51B3

accent

#3EE006

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC64F

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

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