#EF9859#EF9859

#EF9859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9859
RGB	rgb(239, 152, 89)
HSL	hsl(25, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(25, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.55, 26.86, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.55, 53.39, 59.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0749 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.131 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.6315, 41.5330, 14.9047)
Luminance	0.4153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9859 #59B0EF

analogous

#EF5965 #EF9859 #EFE359

triadic

#EF9859 #59EF98 #9859EF

tetradic

#EF9859 #65EF59 #59B0EF #E359EF

square

#EF9859 #65EF59 #59B0EF #E359EF

split-complementary

#EF9859 #59EFE3 #5965EF

monochromatic

#BC5912 #EA7521 #EF9859 #F4BB91 #FADDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#EF9859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#EF9859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9859

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9859	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 152, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b68a',
    500: '#ef9859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9859;
$custom-light: #f9b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.13099,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9859

secondary

#B8D6EC

accent

#84DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9859

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

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