What is hex #EFAA1E color?

 
In professional design frameworks, this hue is considered a highly vibrant and energetic tone. It is perfect for drawing attention to critical elements like call-to-action buttons, highlights, or modern branding.

From a technical standpoint, this color is composed of 94% red, 67% green and 12% blue, resulting in an RGB value of (239,170,30).
For print media and manufacturing layout, the CMYK colors code equivalent is (0%, 29%, 87%, 6%).
In the HSV/HSB scale, #EFAA1E features a hue of 40°, 87% saturation, and a brightness value of 94%.

Hex #EFAA1E Color Codes & Equivalents

Hex Code #EFAA1E
RGB Values (239,170,30)
CMYK Values (0%, 29%, 87%, 6%)
HSV/HSB Values (40°, 87%, 94%)
Closest Web Safe
#FF9933 [Deep Saffron]
Inverse Color
#1055E1
Closest Pantone®
7409 C
Closest RAL
RAL 1033 [Dahlia yellow]
Complementary Color
#1E63EF

#EFAA1E Converted to Grayscale Codes

Average
#929292
Lightness (Desaturation)
#868686
Weighted (BT601)
#AFAFAF
Luma (BT709)
#AFAFAF

WCAG 2.1 Color Contrast & Accessibility

Check how #EFAA1E complies with web accessibility standards (WCAG AA & AAA) for typography.

White Text on #EFAA1E

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #EFAA1E.

Contrast Ratio: 2.01:1
AA Fail AAA Fail

Black Text on #EFAA1E

Sample preview of readable typography on top of #EFAA1E.

Contrast Ratio: 10.44:1
AA Pass AAA Pass

Hex #EFAA1E Color Palettes

Complementary Palette

The complementary color of #EFAA1E is #1E63EF. To get this value, we need to use the RGB metrics, and take this opposite color at the end of the color wheel, so for #EFAA1E you will find #1E63EF. When placed next to each other, they create the strongest contrast for those two colors. Complementary colors may also be called "opposite colors". So if you need to grab attention, you should use it.

#EFAA1E #1E63EF

Analogous Palette

The analogous color scheme of #EFAA1E is composed with colors #EF411E and #CBEF1E. Colors are called analogous colors when they are very similar to each other. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EFAA1E with a 30° separation on the RGB color wheel. An analogous color palette is best used with either warm or cool colors, creating a look that has a certain temperature as well as proper color harmony.

#EF411E #EFAA1E #CBEF1E

Split-Complementary Palette

The split-complementary color scheme of #EFAA1E is composed with colors #411EEF and #1ECBEF. A split-complementary color palette is like an analogous palette but you will take the complementary color as base instead of your main color. This choice, however, also makes the split complementary color combinations less vibrant and eye-catching, but it's also a good choice for beginners as you can hardly go wrong.

#EFAA1E #411EEF #1ECBEF

Triadic Palette

The triadic color scheme of #EFAA1E is composed with colors #AA1EEF and #1EEFAA. They are located to the right and left of your main color #EFAA1E with a 120° separation on the RGB color wheel. With it you have the maximum variation in hue and offering by the same occasion the best possible contrast when taken together.

#EFAA1E #AA1EEF #1EEFAA

Tetradic Palette

The tetradic color scheme of #EFAA1E is composed with colors #1EEFAA, #1E63EF and #EF1E63 A tetradic color scheme, an outstanding variant of the twin color scheme, with an equal distance between all colors. All four colors are divided evenly around the color wheel. Like this there being no clear dominance of one color overs others. Colorful palettes create a sense of diversity, optimism and openness which are positive for a consumer brand. You can find the tetradic color scheme on big tech company logo like Google, Slack, Zoho, Microsoft, eBay for example. For a better result, you can also adjust saturation and brightness.

#EFAA1E #1EEFAA #1E63EF #EF1E63

Square Palette

The square color scheme of #EFAA1E is composed with colors #1EEF41, #1E63EF and #EF1ECB To get this color, it's pretty the same method that analogous or triadic, but instead, you will take an angle of 90° on the RGB Wheel between each colors. The square palette is similar to the tetradic palette, but provides an evenly balanced chromatic distribution with crisp visual contrast across all four points.

#EFAA1E #1EEF41 #1E63EF #EF1ECB

Tints, Tones & Shades of Hex #EFAA1E

Tints

Tints are created by adding white, resulting in lighter shades of #EFAA1E.

#EFAA1E #F0B131 #F1B844 #F3BF57 #F4C66A #F5CD7D #F7D590 #F8DCA3

Tones

Tones are made by mixing with gray, softening the original color.

#EFAA1E #E3A529 #D7A135 #CB9D41 #BF994D #B39559 #A89164 #9C8D70

Shades

Shades result from adding black, creating darker variations.

#EFAA1E #E8A010 #D5930F #C2860D #AE790C #9B6C0B #885E09 #755108

Hex #EFAA1E in programming languages

If you are a developer, you will find below the color codes to use according to your programming language (HTML, JAVA, Python, .NET), enjoy!

HTML, CSS #EFAA1E
Java new Color(239,170,30);
Python Color(#EFAA1E)
.NET Color.FromArgb(255, 239,170,30);
Swift / iOS UIColor(red: 0.94, green: 0.67, blue: 0.12, alpha: 1)
Kotlin / Android Color.rgb(239, 170, 30)