#EFB152

Closest named color: Butterscotch (#FDB147). oklch(80.1% 0.132 75.4), rgb(239, 177, 82).

Black text reads best on this color (11.08:1).

About this color

#EFB152 is a light, moderately saturated orange. In OKLCH its lightness is 80%, its chroma 0.132 and its hue 75°. Its hue sits on the warm side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Butterscotch (#FDB147), ΔE 0.023 away. Black text reads best on it, at 11.08:1.

Hue family	Oranges
Lightness	light (80%)
Chroma	moderately saturated (0.132)
Temperature	warm
Nearest name	Butterscotch (#FDB147)
Black text	11.08:1
White text	1.89:1

Values

HEX	#EFB152
RGB	rgb(239, 177, 82)
HSL	hsl(36, 83%, 63%)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.132 75.4)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #EFB152	1.89:1	Fails	Lc -40.1	Non-text elements, placeholder text
Black text on #EFB152	11.08:1	AAA	Lc 68.0	Content text, not long reading
#EFB152 text on white	1.89:1	Fails	Lc 35.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#EFB152 text on black	11.08:1	AAA	Lc -66.6	Content text, not long reading

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 300.

Step 50
50

#FDF4E9

oklch(97.1% 0.018 73.1)
Step 100
100

#F9E7CE

oklch(93.6% 0.038 76.2)
Step 200
200

#F6D3A3

oklch(88.5% 0.074 75.3)
Step 300
300 (this color)

#EFB152

oklch(80.1% 0.132 75.4)
Step 400
400

#D59100

oklch(70.7% 0.149 75.6)
Step 500
500

#B77C00

oklch(63.1% 0.133 75.6)
Step 600
600

#9A6800

oklch(55.6% 0.117 75.8)
Step 700
700

#825700

oklch(49.1% 0.103 75.7)
Step 800
800

#6B4700

oklch(42.8% 0.09 75.9)
Step 900
900

#5A3A00

oklch(37.7% 0.08 74.4)
Step 950
950

#362200

oklch(27% 0.057 76.3)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#EFB152 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#C8B348	0.063
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#D7C255	0.054
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#FFA19C	0.109
Achromatopsia (no color)	#BCBCBC	0.132