#EFCD99#EFCD99

#EFCD99 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.643; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.077 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFCD99
RGB	rgb(239, 205, 153)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(36, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.2%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.13, 4.77, 30.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.13, 30.71, 81.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.5% 0.0161 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(86.5% 0.077 78)
XYZ	xyz(63.1791, 64.3159, 39.2171)
Luminance	0.6431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFCD99 #99BBEF

analogous

#EFA299 #EFCD99 #E6EF99

triadic

#EFCD99 #99EFCD #CD99EF

tetradic

#EFCD99 #99EFA2 #99BBEF #EF99E6

square

#EFCD99 #99EFA2 #99BBEF #EF99E6

split-complementary

#EFCD99 #99E6EF #A299EF

monochromatic

#DE992F #E7B364 #EFCD99 #F7E7CE #FBF2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#EFCD99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.86

#EFCD99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFCD99

13.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFCD99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFCD99	1.00	1.51	13.86	13.86
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBCD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3D59A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDC3BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efcd99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 205, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.077 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5dcb7',
    500: '#efcd99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efcd99;
$custom-light: #f5dcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efcd99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86501,
    "c": 0.07749,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.64313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFCD99

secondary

#618BCC

accent

#5ED511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFBF8

border

#D7D4D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFCD99

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

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