#EFC962#EFC962

#EFC962 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.129 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC962
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, 1.71, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 55.52, 88.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.88% 0.0018 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(84.88% 0.129 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.6906, 61.0090, 20.2375)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC962 #6288EF

analogous

#EF8262 #EFC962 #CEEF62

triadic

#EFC962 #62EFC9 #C962EF

tetradic

#EFC962 #62EF82 #6288EF #EF62CE

square

#EFC962 #62EF82 #6288EF #EF62CE

split-complementary

#EFC962 #62CEEF #8262EF

monochromatic

#C39414 #E9B62A #EFC962 #F5DC9A #FAEFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#EFC962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#EFC962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC962

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC962	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.129 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d992',
    500: '#efc962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc962;
$custom-light: #f7d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84884,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC962

secondary

#355AC1

accent

#41DE08

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#18140D

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC962

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

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