#EF9A59#EF9A59

#EF9A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.130 H 56.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9A59
RGB	rgb(239, 154, 89)
HSL	hsl(26, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(26, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.6%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 25.81, 46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 53.33, 61.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0717 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.13 56.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.9588, 42.1877, 15.0138)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9A59 #59AEEF

analogous

#EF5963 #EF9A59 #EFE559

triadic

#EF9A59 #59EF9A #9A59EF

tetradic

#EF9A59 #63EF59 #59AEEF #E559EF

square

#EF9A59 #63EF59 #59AEEF #E559EF

split-complementary

#EF9A59 #59EFE5 #5963EF

monochromatic

#BC5C12 #EA7821 #EF9A59 #F4BC91 #FADEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EF9A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9A59

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9A59	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF888B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 154, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.130 56.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b88a',
    500: '#ef9a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9a59;
$custom-light: #f9b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75957,
    "c": 0.13016,
    "h": 56.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9A59

secondary

#B8D5EC

accent

#81DF07

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9A59

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

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