#EFD179#EFD179

#EFD179 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.653; OKLCH L 86.8% C 0.113 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD179
RGB	rgb(239, 209, 121)
HSL	hsl(45, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.66, -0.58, 47.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.66, 47.22, 90.70°)
OKLab	oklab(86.76% -0.0022 0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(86.76% 0.113 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(61.8504, 65.3349, 27.4384)
Luminance	0.6533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD179 #7997EF

analogous

#EF9679 #EFD179 #D2EF79

triadic

#EFD179 #79EFD1 #D179EF

tetradic

#EFD179 #79EF96 #7997EF #EF79D2

square

#EFD179 #79EF96 #7997EF #EF79D2

split-complementary

#EFD179 #79D2EF #9679EF

monochromatic

#D4A519 #E8BE42 #EFD179 #F6E4B0 #FCF6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#EFD179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.07

#EFD179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD179

14.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD179	1.00	1.49	14.07	14.07
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CE72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFC4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 209, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.8% 0.113 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6dea1',
    500: '#efd179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd179;
$custom-light: #f6dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.746,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86761,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD179

secondary

#4465C9

accent

#40DB0B

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF5

border

#D7D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD179

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

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