#EFC978#EFC978

#EFC978 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.109 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC978
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 120)
HSL	hsl(41, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.64, 3.46, 45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.64, 45.36, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(85.17% 0.0095 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(85.17% 0.109 85)
XYZ	xyz(59.8757, 61.4831, 26.4793)
Luminance	0.6148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC978 #789EEF

analogous

#EF8D78 #EFC978 #DAEF78

triadic

#EFC978 #78EFC9 #C978EF

tetradic

#EFC978 #78EF8D #789EEF #EF78DA

square

#EFC978 #78EF8D #789EEF #EF78DA

split-complementary

#EFC978 #78DAEF #8D78EF

monochromatic

#D49819 #E9B341 #EFC978 #F5DFAF #FCF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#EFC978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.30

#EFC978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC978

13.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC978	1.00	1.58	13.30	13.30
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC871

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D27B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFBCB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.109 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6d9a0',
    500: '#efc978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc978;
$custom-light: #f6d9a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.84,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85167,
    "c": 0.10884,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.6148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC978

secondary

#436DC9

accent

#4DDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF5

border

#D7D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC978

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

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