#EF9E5E#EF9E5E
#EF9E5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.126 H 57.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9E5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 158, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 61%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 60.7%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.97, 24.03, 45.30) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.97, 51.28, 62.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.73% 0.0671 0.1062) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.73% 0.126 57.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.8472, 43.6170, 16.3812) |
| Luminance | 0.4361 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.84
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 2.88
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.17
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.37
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.95
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9E5E #5EAFEF
analogous
#EF5E66 #EF9E5E #EFE75E
triadic
#EF9E5E #5EEF9E #9E5EEF
tetradic
#EF9E5E #66EF5E #5EAFEF #E75EEF
square
#EF9E5E #66EF5E #5EAFEF #E75EEF
split-complementary
#EF9E5E #5EEFE7 #5E66EF
monochromatic
#C05F13 #E97C26 #EF9E5E #F5C096 #FAE1CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.16
#EF9E5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.72
#EF9E5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9E5E
9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9E5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9E5E | 1.00 | 2.16 | 9.72 | 9.72 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.16 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.72 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A558
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B85E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8D8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9e5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 158, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.126 57.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9bb8d',
500: '#ef9e5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9e5e; $custom-light: #f9bb8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9e5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 158,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.483,
"s": 81.921,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76728,
"c": 0.12566,
"h": 57.7
},
"luminance": 0.43613
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9E5E
secondary
#BCD7ED
accent
#7FDE07
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D