#EF9C46#EF9C46
#EF9C46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.140 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9C46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 156, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 84%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 71%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 70.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.27, 23.67, 56.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.27, 60.84, 67.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.1% 0.0626 0.1258) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.1% 0.14 63.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5943, 42.5744, 11.4516) |
| Luminance | 0.4257 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.69
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.84
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.24
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.55
Tangerine (survey)
#FF9408
ΔE00 5.11
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9C46 #4699EF
analogous
#EF4746 #EF9C46 #EDEF46
triadic
#EF9C46 #46EF9C #9C46EF
tetradic
#EF9C46 #46EF47 #4699EF #EF46ED
square
#EF9C46 #46EF47 #4699EF #EF46ED
split-complementary
#EF9C46 #46EDEF #4746EF
monochromatic
#AC5F0F #E47E14 #EF9C46 #F4BA7E #F9D8B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#EF9C46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#EF9C46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9C46
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9C46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9C46 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A33C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB647
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF898A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9c46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.140 63.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fab97d',
500: '#ef9c46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9c46; $custom-light: #fab97d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9c46",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 156,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.533,
"s": 84.08,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76101,
"c": 0.14049,
"h": 63.6
},
"luminance": 0.4257
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9C46
secondary
#A8C8E9
accent
#71E105
background
#FFFBF7
surface
#FFF6EE
border
#D7D0C9
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C