#EFC859#EFC859

#EFC859 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC859
RGB	rgb(239, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.05, 1.62, 59.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.05, 59.21, 88.43°)
OKLab	oklab(84.59% 0.0005 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(84.59% 0.136 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.0569, 60.3838, 18.0465)
Luminance	0.6038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC859 #5980EF

analogous

#EF7D59 #EFC859 #CBEF59

triadic

#EFC859 #59EFC8 #C859EF

tetradic

#EFC859 #59EF7D #5980EF #EF59CB

square

#EFC859 #59EF7D #5980EF #EF59CB

split-complementary

#EFC859 #59CBEF #7D59EF

monochromatic

#BC8F12 #EAB621 #EFC859 #F4DA91 #FAEDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#EFC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#EFC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC859

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC859	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFB9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d88c',
    500: '#efc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc859;
$custom-light: #f8d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84591,
    "c": 0.13553,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC859

secondary

#3255BA

accent

#3FDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC859

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

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