#EFC997#EFC997

#EFC997 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.624; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.078 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC997
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 151)
HSL	hsl(34, 73%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(34, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 36.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.11, 6.62, 30.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.11, 30.73, 77.56°)
OKLab	oklab(85.69% 0.0214 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(85.69% 0.078 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(62.0707, 62.3611, 38.0395)
Luminance	0.6236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC997 #97BDEF

analogous

#EF9D97 #EFC997 #E9EF97

triadic

#EFC997 #97EFC9 #C997EF

tetradic

#EFC997 #97EF9D #97BDEF #EF97E9

square

#EFC997 #97EF9D #97BDEF #EF97E9

split-complementary

#EFC997 #97E9EF #9D97EF

monochromatic

#DF922D #E7AD62 #EFC997 #F7E5CC #FBF1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#EFC997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.47

#EFC997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC997

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC997	1.00	1.56	13.47	13.47
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1D398

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDBFBC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.078 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9b6',
    500: '#efc997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc997;
$custom-light: #f5d9b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.091,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 76.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85686,
    "c": 0.07796,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC997

secondary

#5F8ECB

accent

#65D510

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC997

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

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