#EF9962#EF9962

#EF9962 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9962
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(23, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 59%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 26.95, 41.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 49.86, 57.28°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0765 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.125 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1958, 42.0195, 17.0725)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9962 #62B8EF

analogous

#EF6271 #EF9962 #EFDF62

triadic

#EF9962 #62EF99 #9962EF

tetradic

#EF9962 #71EF62 #62B8EF #DF62EF

square

#EF9962 #71EF62 #62B8EF #DF62EF

split-complementary

#EF9962 #62EFDF #6271EF

monochromatic

#C35814 #E9752A #EF9962 #F5BD9A #FAE1D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EF9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9962

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9962	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A25D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b790',
    500: '#ef9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9962;
$custom-light: #f9b790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75903,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9962

secondary

#BFDBEE

accent

#8ADE08

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9962

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

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