#EF9E48#EF9E48

#EF9E48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.139 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9E48
RGB	rgb(239, 158, 72)
HSL	hsl(31, 84%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 70%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 69.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 22.71, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 60.11, 67.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.48% 0.06 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(76.48% 0.139 64.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.9968, 43.2768, 11.9024)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9E48 #4899EF

analogous

#EF4A48 #EF9E48 #EDEF48

triadic

#EF9E48 #48EF9E #9E48EF

tetradic

#EF9E48 #48EF4A #4899EF #EF48ED

square

#EF9E48 #48EF4A #4899EF #EF48ED

split-complementary

#EF9E48 #48EDEF #4A48EF

monochromatic

#AD610F #E68014 #EF9E48 #F4BC80 #F9DAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#EF9E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#EF9E48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9E48

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9E48	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)

#B8A53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 158, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.139 64.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faba7f',
    500: '#ef9e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9e48;
$custom-light: #faba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.898,
    "s": 83.92,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76477,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 64.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9E48

secondary

#AAC8E9

accent

#6FE005

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9E48

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

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