#EFD596#EFD596

#EFD596 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.681; OKLCH L 88.0% C 0.085 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD596
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 76%)
HSV	hsv(42, 37%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 37.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.08, 0.29, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.08, 34.47, 89.52°)
OKLab	oklab(88.02% 0.0029 0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(88.02% 0.085 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(64.8972, 68.1436, 38.5828)
Luminance	0.6814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD596 #96B0EF

analogous

#EFA996 #EFD596 #DDEF96

triadic

#EFD596 #96EFD5 #D596EF

tetradic

#EFD596 #96EFA9 #96B0EF #EF96DD

square

#EFD596 #96EFA9 #96B0EF #EF96DD

split-complementary

#EFD596 #96DDEF #A996EF

monochromatic

#DFAB2C #E7C061 #EFD596 #F7EACB #FBF4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.44

#EFD596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.63

#EFD596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD596

14.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD596	1.00	1.44	14.63	14.63
#FFFFFF	1.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3D392

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EADA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FDCBC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D7D7D7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.0% 0.085 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1b5',
    500: '#efd596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd596;
$custom-light: #f5e1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.472,
    "s": 73.554,
    "l": 76.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88018,
    "c": 0.08548,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.68141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD596

secondary

#5E7ECB

accent

#4AD610

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FFFCF8

border

#D7D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD596

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

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