#EFD59E#EFD59E

#EFD59E is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.684; OKLCH L 88.2% C 0.077 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD59E
RGB	rgb(239, 213, 158)
HSL	hsl(41, 72%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(41, 34%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 33.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.21, 1.22, 30.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.21, 30.56, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(88.17% 0.006 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(88.17% 0.077 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(65.5635, 68.4101, 42.0920)
Luminance	0.6841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD59E #9EB8EF

analogous

#EFAC9E #EFD59E #E0EF9E

triadic

#EFD59E #9EEFD5 #D59EEF

tetradic

#EFD59E #9EEFAC #9EB8EF #EF9EE0

square

#EFD59E #9EEFAC #9EB8EF #EF9EE0

split-complementary

#EFD59E #9EE0EF #AC9EEF

monochromatic

#DEA835 #E6BE69 #EFD59E #F8ECD3 #FBF4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#EFD59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.68

#EFD59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD59E

14.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD59E	1.00	1.43	14.68	14.68
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D49A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9DBA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCCC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 213, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.2% 0.077 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e1bb',
    500: '#efd59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd59e;
$custom-light: #f5e1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.741,
    "s": 71.681,
    "l": 77.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88166,
    "c": 0.07663,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.68408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD59E

secondary

#6586CC

accent

#50D412

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171512

muted

#858482

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD59E

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

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