#EFD178#EFD178

#EFD178 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.7% C 0.114 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD178
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 120)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.64, -0.67, 47.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.64, 47.70, 90.80°)
OKLab	oklab(86.75% -0.0026 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(86.75% 0.114 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(61.7894, 65.3105, 27.1171)
Luminance	0.6531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD178 #7896EF

analogous

#EF9578 #EFD178 #D1EF78

triadic

#EFD178 #78EFD1 #D178EF

tetradic

#EFD178 #78EF95 #7896EF #EF78D1

square

#EFD178 #78EF95 #7896EF #EF78D1

split-complementary

#EFD178 #78D1EF #9578EF

monochromatic

#D4A519 #E9BE41 #EFD178 #F5E4AF #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EFD178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.06

#EFD178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD178

14.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD178	1.00	1.49	14.06	14.06
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.7% 0.114 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dea1',
    500: '#efd178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd178;
$custom-light: #f6dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86747,
    "c": 0.11394,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.65308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD178

secondary

#4364C9

accent

#3FDB0A

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD178

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

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