#EF9A50#EF9A50
#EF9A50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9A50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 154, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 83%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 67%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 66.5%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.90, 25.26, 50.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.90, 56.90, 63.65°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.85% 0.0687 0.1167) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.85% 0.135 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6038, 42.0457, 13.1438) |
| Luminance | 0.4204 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.22
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.83
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.45
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.81
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9A50 #50A5EF
analogous
#EF5055 #EF9A50 #EFEA50
triadic
#EF9A50 #50EF9A #9A50EF
tetradic
#EF9A50 #55EF50 #50A5EF #EA50EF
square
#EF9A50 #55EF50 #50A5EF #EA50EF
split-complementary
#EF9A50 #50EFEA #5055EF
monochromatic
#B45D10 #EA7A18 #EF9A50 #F4BA88 #F9DBC0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#EF9A50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.41
#EF9A50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9A50
9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9A50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9A50 | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.41 | 9.41 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.41 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A248
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B551
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8889
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9a50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 154, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9b884',
500: '#ef9a50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9a50; $custom-light: #f9b884; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9a50",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 154,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.925,
"s": 83.246,
"l": 62.549
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7585,
"c": 0.13542,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.42041
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9A50
secondary
#B0CFEA
accent
#7AE006
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C