#EFC970#EFC970

#EFC970 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.116 H 86.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC970
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(42, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 53%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 53.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.54, 2.77, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.54, 49.11, 86.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.06% 0.0066 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(85.06% 0.116 86.8)
XYZ	xyz(59.4103, 61.2970, 24.0283)
Luminance	0.6129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC970 #7096EF

analogous

#EF8A70 #EFC970 #D6EF70

triadic

#EFC970 #70EFC9 #C970EF

tetradic

#EFC970 #70EF8A #7096EF #EF70D6

square

#EFC970 #70EF8A #7096EF #EF70D6

split-complementary

#EFC970 #70D6EF #8A70EF

monochromatic

#CE9717 #E9B439 #EFC970 #F5DEA7 #FBF3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EFC970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#EFC970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC970

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC970	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC768

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D273

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.116 86.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7d99b',
    500: '#efc970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc970;
$custom-light: #f7d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 79.874,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85056,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 86.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC970

secondary

#3B65C8

accent

#48DC09

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#18140E

muted

#86837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC970

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

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