#EF9E56#EF9E56

#EF9E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.131 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9E56
RGB	rgb(239, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.88, 23.50, 49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.88, 54.51, 64.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% 0.0644 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.131 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.5066, 43.4808, 14.5876)
Luminance	0.4348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9E56 #56A7EF

analogous

#EF565A #EF9E56 #EFEA56

triadic

#EF9E56 #56EF9E #9E56EF

tetradic

#EF9E56 #5AEF56 #56A7EF #EA56EF

square

#EF9E56 #5AEF56 #56A7EF #EA56EF

split-complementary

#EF9E56 #56EFEA #565AEF

monochromatic

#B96012 #EA7E1E #EF9E56 #F4BE8E #FADEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#EF9E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#EF9E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9E56

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9E56	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A54F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.131 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9bb88',
    500: '#ef9e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9e56;
$custom-light: #f9bb88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.235,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76628,
    "c": 0.13062,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9E56

secondary

#B5D2EB

accent

#79DF06

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9E56

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

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