#EF9C50#EF9C50

#EF9C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.135 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C50
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 67%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 66.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 24.20, 51.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 56.90, 64.83°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% 0.0656 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.135 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.9366, 42.7113, 13.2547)
Luminance	0.4271 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C50 #50A3EF

analogous

#EF5054 #EF9C50 #EFEB50

triadic

#EF9C50 #50EF9C #9C50EF

tetradic

#EF9C50 #54EF50 #50A3EF #EB50EF

square

#EF9C50 #54EF50 #50A3EF #EB50EF

split-complementary

#EF9C50 #50EFEB #5054EF

monochromatic

#B45F10 #EA7C18 #EF9C50 #F4BC88 #F9DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#EF9C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C50

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C50	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)

#B6A348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.135 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b984',
    500: '#ef9c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c50;
$custom-light: #f9b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.679,
    "s": 83.246,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76203,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C50

secondary

#B0CFEA

accent

#78E006

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C50

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

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