#EF9C56#EF9C56

#EF9C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 59.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C56
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 86)
HSL	hsl(27, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 24.56, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 54.50, 63.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.27% 0.0675 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(76.27% 0.131 59)
XYZ	xyz(49.1683, 42.8040, 14.4748)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C56 #56A9EF

analogous

#EF565C #EF9C56 #EFE856

triadic

#EF9C56 #56EF9C #9C56EF

tetradic

#EF9C56 #5CEF56 #56A9EF #E856EF

square

#EF9C56 #5CEF56 #56A9EF #E856EF

split-complementary

#EF9C56 #56EFE8 #565CEF

monochromatic

#B95E12 #EA7B1E #EF9C56 #F4BD8E #FADDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EF9C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C56

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C56	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)

#B5A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 59.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b988',
    500: '#ef9c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c56;
$custom-light: #f9b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.451,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76273,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 59
  },
  "luminance": 0.428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C56

secondary

#B5D3EB

accent

#7CDF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C56

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

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