#EF9C57#EF9C57

#EF9C57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9C57
RGB	rgb(239, 156, 87)
HSL	hsl(27, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.7%, 63.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 24.62, 48.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 54.10, 62.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.29% 0.0679 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.29% 0.131 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2088, 42.8202, 14.6885)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9C57 #57AAEF

analogous

#EF575E #EF9C57 #EFE857

triadic

#EF9C57 #57EF9C #9C57EF

tetradic

#EF9C57 #5EEF57 #57AAEF #E857EF

square

#EF9C57 #5EEF57 #57AAEF #E857EF

split-complementary

#EF9C57 #57EFE8 #575EEF

monochromatic

#BA5E12 #EA7B1F #EF9C57 #F4BD8F #FADEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#EF9C57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#EF9C57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9C57

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9C57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9C57	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)

#B5A450

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9c57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 156, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b988',
    500: '#ef9c57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9c57;
$custom-light: #f9b988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9c57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.237,
    "s": 82.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76285,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9C57

secondary

#B6D3EC

accent

#7DDF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9C57

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

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