#EF9256#EF9256

#EF9256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 52.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9256
RGB	rgb(239, 146, 86)
HSL	hsl(24, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.9%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, 29.82, 46.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 54.87, 57.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% 0.0833 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.136 52.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5588, 39.5851, 13.9383)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9256 #56B3EF

analogous

#EF5666 #EF9256 #EFDE56

triadic

#EF9256 #56EF92 #9256EF

tetradic

#EF9256 #66EF56 #56B3EF #DE56EF

square

#EF9256 #66EF56 #56B3EF #DE56EF

split-complementary

#EF9256 #56EFDE #5666EF

monochromatic

#B95312 #EA6E1E #EF9256 #F4B68E #FADAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#EF9256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#EF9256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9256

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9256	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7F84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 146, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 52.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b287',
    500: '#ef9256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9256;
$custom-light: #f9b287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.529,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74534,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 52.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9256

secondary

#B5D6EB

accent

#8ADF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9256

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

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