#EFD499#EFD499

#EFD499 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.677; OKLCH L 87.9% C 0.081 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD499
RGB	rgb(239, 212, 153)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(41, 36%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 36%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.88, 1.15, 32.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.88, 32.68, 87.99°)
OKLab	oklab(87.88% 0.0055 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(87.88% 0.081 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8912, 67.7399, 39.7878)
Luminance	0.6774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD499 #99B4EF

analogous

#EFA999 #EFD499 #DFEF99

triadic

#EFD499 #99EFD4 #D499EF

tetradic

#EFD499 #99EFA9 #99B4EF #EF99DF

square

#EFD499 #99EFA9 #99B4EF #EF99DF

split-complementary

#EFD499 #99DFEF #A999EF

monochromatic

#DEA72F #E7BE64 #EFD499 #F7EACE #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EFD499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.55

#EFD499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD499

14.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD499	1.00	1.44	14.55	14.55
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D395

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DA9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCAC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 212, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.9% 0.081 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1b7',
    500: '#efd499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd499;
$custom-light: #f5e1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.163,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 76.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87875,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.67738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD499

secondary

#6182CC

accent

#4ED511

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD499

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

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