#EF9561#EF9561

#EF9561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 49.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9561
RGB	rgb(239, 149, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(22, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.97, 28.98, 41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.97, 50.51, 54.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0825 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.128 49.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.5051, 40.7132, 16.6108)
Luminance	0.4071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9561 #61BBEF

analogous

#EF6174 #EF9561 #EFDC61

triadic

#EF9561 #61EF95 #9561EF

tetradic

#EF9561 #74EF61 #61BBEF #DC61EF

square

#EF9561 #74EF61 #61BBEF #DC61EF

split-complementary

#EF9561 #61EFDC #6174EF

monochromatic

#C25314 #E97029 #EF9561 #F5BA99 #FAE0D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#EF9561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#EF9561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9561

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9561	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 149, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 49.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b48f',
    500: '#ef9561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9561;
$custom-light: #f9b48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.972,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.12799,
    "h": 49.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9561

secondary

#BEDCED

accent

#8FDE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9561

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

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