#EF9C4E#EF9C4E

#EF9C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 61.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C4E
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(29, 83%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 67.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 24.09, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 57.70, 65.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.18% 0.0649 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(76.18% 0.136 61.5)
XYZ	xyz(48.8638, 42.6822, 12.8713)
Luminance	0.4268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C4E #4EA1EF

analogous

#EF4E51 #EF9C4E #EFEC4E

triadic

#EF9C4E #4EEF9C #9C4EEF

tetradic

#EF9C4E #51EF4E #4EA1EF #EC4EEF

square

#EF9C4E #51EF4E #4EA1EF #EC4EEF

split-complementary

#EF9C4E #4EEFEC #4E51EF

monochromatic

#B25F10 #EA7D16 #EF9C4E #F4BB86 #F9DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EF9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C4E

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C4E	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 61.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b983',
    500: '#ef9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c4e;
$custom-light: #f9b983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.068,
    "s": 83.42,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76182,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 61.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C4E

secondary

#AFCDEA

accent

#76E006

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C4E

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

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