#EF9959#EF9959

#EF9959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 55.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9959
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 26.33, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 53.36, 60.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% 0.0733 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.131 55.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.7945, 41.8590, 14.9591)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9959 #59AFEF

analogous

#EF5964 #EF9959 #EFE459

triadic

#EF9959 #59EF99 #9959EF

tetradic

#EF9959 #64EF59 #59AFEF #E459EF

square

#EF9959 #64EF59 #59AFEF #E459EF

split-complementary

#EF9959 #59EFE4 #5964EF

monochromatic

#BC5A12 #EA7721 #EF9959 #F4BB91 #FADEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EF9959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EF9959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9959

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9959	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 55.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b78a',
    500: '#ef9959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9959;
$custom-light: #f9b78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75782,
    "c": 0.13056,
    "h": 55.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9959

secondary

#B8D6EC

accent

#83DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9959

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

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