#EFC857#EFC857

#EFC857 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.137 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC857
RGB	rgb(239, 200, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.03, 1.50, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.03, 60.07, 88.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0001 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.137 90)
XYZ	xyz(57.9741, 60.3507, 17.6102)
Luminance	0.6035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC857 #577EEF

analogous

#EF7C57 #EFC857 #CAEF57

triadic

#EFC857 #57EFC8 #C857EF

tetradic

#EFC857 #57EF7C #577EEF #EF57CA

square

#EFC857 #57EF7C #577EEF #EF57CA

split-complementary

#EFC857 #57CAEF #7C57EF

monochromatic

#BA8F12 #EAB61F #EFC857 #F4DA8F #FAEDC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EFC857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.07

#EFC857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC857

13.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC857	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)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 200, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.137 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d88b',
    500: '#efc857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc857;
$custom-light: #f8d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84571,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.60347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC857

secondary

#3154B9

accent

#3EDF06

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC857

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

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