#EF9E5A#EF9E5A
#EF9E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.128 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9E5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 158, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 62%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 62.3%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.92, 23.76, 47.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.92, 52.89, 63.31°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.68% 0.0657 0.11) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.68% 0.128 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6723, 43.5470, 15.4602) |
| Luminance | 0.4354 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.56
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.91
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.63
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.82
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.01
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9E5A #5AABEF
analogous
#EF5A61 #EF9E5A #EFE95A
triadic
#EF9E5A #5AEF9E #9E5AEF
tetradic
#EF9E5A #61EF5A #5AABEF #E95AEF
square
#EF9E5A #61EF5A #5AABEF #E95AEF
split-complementary
#EF9E5A #5AEFE9 #5A61EF
monochromatic
#BC6012 #EA7D22 #EF9E5A #F4BF92 #FAE0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#EF9E5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.71
#EF9E5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9E5A
9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9E5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9E5A | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.71 | 9.71 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.71 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A554
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9e5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 158, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.128 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9bb8a',
500: '#ef9e5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9e5a; $custom-light: #f9bb8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9e5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 158,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.383,
"s": 82.32,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76677,
"c": 0.12815,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.43543
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9E5A
secondary
#B9D5EC
accent
#7CDF07
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D