#EFC959#EFC959

#EFC959 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.136 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC959
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.30, 1.11, 59.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.30, 59.47, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.001 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.136 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(58.2893, 60.8485, 18.1240)
Luminance	0.6085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC959 #597FEF

analogous

#EF7E59 #EFC959 #CAEF59

triadic

#EFC959 #59EFC9 #C959EF

tetradic

#EFC959 #59EF7E #597FEF #EF59CA

square

#EFC959 #59EF7E #597FEF #EF59CA

split-complementary

#EFC959 #59CAEF #7E59EF

monochromatic

#BC9112 #EAB721 #EFC959 #F4DB91 #FAEDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EFC959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#EFC959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC959

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC959	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8d98c',
    500: '#efc959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc959;
$custom-light: #f8d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84788,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC959

secondary

#3254BA

accent

#3DDF07

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140C

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC959

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

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