#EF9659#EF9659

#EF9659 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.132 H 53.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9659
RGB	rgb(239, 150, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.10, 27.91, 45.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.10, 53.48, 58.54°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.078 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.132 53.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.3096, 40.8893, 14.7974)
Luminance	0.4088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9659 #59B2EF

analogous

#EF5967 #EF9659 #EFE159

triadic

#EF9659 #59EF96 #9659EF

tetradic

#EF9659 #67EF59 #59B2EF #E159EF

square

#EF9659 #67EF59 #59B2EF #E159EF

split-complementary

#EF9659 #59EFE1 #5967EF

monochromatic

#BC5712 #EA7321 #EF9659 #F4B991 #FADDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#EF9659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#EF9659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9659

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9659	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 150, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.132 53.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b589',
    500: '#ef9659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9659;
$custom-light: #f9b589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75259,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 53.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9659

secondary

#B8D7EC

accent

#87DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9659

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

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