#EF9565#EF9565

#EF9565 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.126 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9565
RGB	rgb(239, 149, 101)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.7%, 57.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 29.28, 39.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 49.04, 53.34°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.0839 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.126 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.6963, 40.7897, 17.6180)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9565 #65BFEF

analogous

#EF657A #EF9565 #EFDA65

triadic

#EF9565 #65EF95 #9565EF

tetradic

#EF9565 #7AEF65 #65BFEF #DA65EF

square

#EF9565 #7AEF65 #65BFEF #DA65EF

split-complementary

#EF9565 #65EFDA #657AEF

monochromatic

#C55214 #E96F2E #EF9565 #F5BB9C #FBE1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EF9565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#EF9565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9565

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9565	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9F61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B365

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 149, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.126 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b492',
    500: '#ef9565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9565;
$custom-light: #f9b492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.87,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75255,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9565

secondary

#C2DFEE

accent

#93DE08

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9565

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

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