#EFC99D#EFC99D

#EFC99D is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.072 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFC99D
RGB	rgb(239, 201, 157)
HSL	hsl(32, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(32, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 34.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.21, 7.32, 27.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.21, 27.99, 74.83°)
OKLab	oklab(85.8% 0.0238 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(85.8% 0.072 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(62.5704, 62.5610, 40.6714)
Luminance	0.6256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFC99D #9DC3EF

analogous

#EFA09D #EFC99D #ECEF9D

triadic

#EFC99D #9DEFC9 #C99DEF

tetradic

#EFC99D #9DEFA0 #9DC3EF #EF9DEC

square

#EFC99D #9DEFA0 #9DC3EF #EF9DEC

split-complementary

#EFC99D #9DECEF #A09DEF

monochromatic

#DE8F34 #E6AC68 #EFC99D #F8E6D2 #FBF1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#EFC99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.51

#EFC99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFC99D

13.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFC99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFC99D	1.00	1.55	13.51	13.51
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7CA9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D39E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efc99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 201, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.072 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5d9ba',
    500: '#efc99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efc99d;
$custom-light: #f5d9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efc99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.195,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 77.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85803,
    "c": 0.07202,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.62558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFC99D

secondary

#6494CC

accent

#6CD412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171411

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFC99D

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

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