#EFD99C#EFD99C

#EFD99C is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.704; OKLCH L 88.9% C 0.082 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EFD99C
RGB	rgb(239, 217, 156)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 77%)
HSV	hsv(44, 35%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.2%, 34.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.18, -1.07, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.18, 32.87, 91.87°)
OKLab	oklab(88.92% -0.0007 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(88.92% 0.082 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(66.4113, 70.3789, 41.5322)
Luminance	0.7038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EFD99C #9CB2EF

analogous

#EFAF9C #EFD99C #DCEF9C

triadic

#EFD99C #9CEFD9 #D99CEF

tetradic

#EFD99C #9CEFAF #9CB2EF #EF9CDC

square

#EFD99C #9CEFAF #9CB2EF #EF9CDC

split-complementary

#EFD99C #9CDCEF #AF9CEF

monochromatic

#DEB133 #E6C567 #EFD99C #F8EDD1 #FBF5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#EFD99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.08

#EFD99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFD99C

15.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EFD99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EFD99C	1.00	1.39	15.08	15.08
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECDD9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FCCFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DADADA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #efd99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 217, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.9% 0.082 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5e4b9',
    500: '#efd99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #efd99c;
$custom-light: #f5e4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#efd99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.096,
    "s": 72.174,
    "l": 77.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8892,
    "c": 0.08182,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.70377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EFD99C

secondary

#637FCC

accent

#45D411

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#171511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #EFD99C

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

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