#EF9956#EF9956

#EF9956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.132 H 56.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9956
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 86)
HSL	hsl(26, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 26.14, 47.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 54.54, 61.36°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0723 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.132 56.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.6711, 41.8096, 14.3091)
Luminance	0.4180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9956 #56ACEF

analogous

#EF565F #EF9956 #EFE656

triadic

#EF9956 #56EF99 #9956EF

tetradic

#EF9956 #5FEF56 #56ACEF #E656EF

square

#EF9956 #5FEF56 #56ACEF #E656EF

split-complementary

#EF9956 #56EFE6 #565FEF

monochromatic

#B95B12 #EA771E #EF9956 #F4BB8E #FADCC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EF9956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#EF9956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9956

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9956	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B556

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.132 56.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b788',
    500: '#ef9956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9956;
$custom-light: #f9b788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.275,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75744,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 56.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9956

secondary

#B5D4EB

accent

#80DF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9956

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

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