#EFC659#EFC659

#EFC659 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.134 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC659
RGB	rgb(239, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.55, 2.66, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.55, 58.69, 87.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% 0.0035 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.134 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.5968, 59.4635, 17.8931)
Luminance	0.5946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC659 #5982EF

analogous

#EF7B59 #EFC659 #CDEF59

triadic

#EFC659 #59EFC6 #C659EF

tetradic

#EFC659 #59EF7B #5982EF #EF59CD

square

#EFC659 #59EF7B #5982EF #EF59CD

split-complementary

#EFC659 #59CDEF #7B59EF

monochromatic

#BC8D12 #EAB321 #EFC659 #F4D991 #FAECC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#EFC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#EFC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC659

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC659	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.134 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d78c',
    500: '#efc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc659;
$custom-light: #f8d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84196,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC659

secondary

#3257BA

accent

#42DF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC659

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

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