#EF9D5E#EF9D5E
#EF9D5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9D5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 157, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 34.3%, 60.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.74, 24.56, 45.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.74, 51.29, 61.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.55% 0.0687 0.1056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.55% 0.126 57) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6773, 43.2772, 16.3245) |
| Luminance | 0.4327 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.23
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.68
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.10
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.49
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.26
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.49
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9D5E #5EB0EF
analogous
#EF5E67 #EF9D5E #EFE65E
triadic
#EF9D5E #5EEF9D #9D5EEF
tetradic
#EF9D5E #67EF5E #5EB0EF #E65EEF
square
#EF9D5E #67EF5E #5EB0EF #E65EEF
split-complementary
#EF9D5E #5EEFE6 #5E67EF
monochromatic
#C05E13 #E97B26 #EF9D5E #F5BF96 #FAE1CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#EF9D5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#EF9D5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9D5E
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9D5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9D5E | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.65 | 9.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A558
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8C8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9d5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 157, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 57.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9ba8d',
500: '#ef9d5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9d5e; $custom-light: #f9ba8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9d5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 157,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.069,
"s": 81.921,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76551,
"c": 0.12601,
"h": 57
},
"luminance": 0.43273
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9D5E
secondary
#BCD8ED
accent
#81DE07
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D