#EFC97E#EFC97E
#EFC97E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.103 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EFC97E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 201, 126) |
| HSL | hsl(40, 78%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(40, 47%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 47.3%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.72, 4.01, 42.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.72, 42.52, 84.59°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.26% 0.0117 0.1024) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.26% 0.103 83.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(60.2513, 61.6333, 28.4574) |
| Luminance | 0.6163 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.82
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.16
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.45
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.94
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.99
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 7.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EFC97E #7EA4EF
analogous
#EF917E #EFC97E #DDEF7E
triadic
#EFC97E #7EEFC9 #C97EEF
tetradic
#EFC97E #7EEF91 #7EA4EF #EF7EDD
square
#EFC97E #7EEF91 #7EA4EF #EF7EDD
split-complementary
#EFC97E #7EDDEF #917EEF
monochromatic
#D8981B #E8B248 #EFC97E #F6E0B4 #FCF4E4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.58
#EFC97E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.33
#EFC97E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EFC97E
13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EFC97E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EFC97E | 1.00 | 1.58 | 13.33 | 13.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.58 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DAC878
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E4D280
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FFBDB7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #efc97e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 126); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.103 83.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f6d9a4',
500: '#efc97e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #efc97e; $custom-light: #f6d9a4; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#efc97e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 201,
"b": 126
},
"hsl": {
"h": 39.823,
"s": 77.931,
"l": 71.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85256,
"c": 0.10302,
"h": 83.5
},
"luminance": 0.6163
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EFC97E
secondary
#4873C9
accent
#51DA0B
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF6
border
#D7D4D0
text
#17140F
muted
#858380