#EF9C55#EF9C55

#EF9C55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.132 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C55
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 64.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 24.50, 49.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 54.90, 63.50°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0672 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.132 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.1283, 42.7880, 14.2641)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C55 #55A8EF

analogous

#EF555B #EF9C55 #EFE955

triadic

#EF9C55 #55EF9C #9C55EF

tetradic

#EF9C55 #5BEF55 #55A8EF #E955EF

square

#EF9C55 #5BEF55 #55A8EF #E955EF

split-complementary

#EF9C55 #55EFE9 #555BEF

monochromatic

#B85E11 #EA7B1D #EF9C55 #F4BD8D #FADDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9C55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EF9C55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C55

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C55	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.132 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b987',
    500: '#ef9c55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c55;
$custom-light: #f9b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.662,
    "s": 82.796,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76261,
    "c": 0.13183,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C55

secondary

#B5D2EB

accent

#7BDF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C55

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

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