#EFC856#EFC856

#EFC856 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.138 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC856
RGB	rgb(239, 200, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.02, 1.44, 60.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.02, 60.49, 88.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0004 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.138 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9335, 60.3345, 17.3965)
Luminance	0.6033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC856 #567DEF

analogous

#EF7B56 #EFC856 #C9EF56

triadic

#EFC856 #56EFC8 #C856EF

tetradic

#EFC856 #56EF7B #567DEF #EF56C9

square

#EFC856 #56EF7B #567DEF #EF56C9

split-complementary

#EFC856 #56C9EF #7B56EF

monochromatic

#B98E12 #EAB61E #EFC856 #F4DA8E #FAECC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EFC856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EFC856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC856

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC856	1.00	1.61	13.07	13.07
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 200, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.138 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d88a',
    500: '#efc856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc856;
$custom-light: #f8d88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.706,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84561,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC856

secondary

#3154B8

accent

#3EDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC856

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

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