#EF9D4E#EF9D4E
#EF9D4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9D4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 157, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 83%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 67%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 67.4%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.57, 23.56, 52.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.57, 57.71, 65.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.36% 0.0634 0.12) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.36% 0.136 62.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0323, 43.0192, 12.9275) |
| Luminance | 0.4301 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.75
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.25
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.77
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.76
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.41
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.80
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9D4E #4EA0EF
analogous
#EF4E50 #EF9D4E #EFEE4E
triadic
#EF9D4E #4EEF9D #9D4EEF
tetradic
#EF9D4E #50EF4E #4EA0EF #EE4EEF
square
#EF9D4E #50EF4E #4EA0EF #EE4EEF
split-complementary
#EF9D4E #4EEFEE #4E50EF
monochromatic
#B26010 #EA7E16 #EF9D4E #F4BC86 #F9DBBE
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#EF9D4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.60
#EF9D4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9D4E
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9D4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9D4E | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.60 | 9.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A446
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB74F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9d4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 157, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 62.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9ba83',
500: '#ef9d4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9d4e; $custom-light: #f9ba83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9d4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 157,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.441,
"s": 83.42,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76359,
"c": 0.13571,
"h": 62.2
},
"luminance": 0.43015
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9D4E
secondary
#AFCDEA
accent
#75E006
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C