#EF9E66#EF9E66
#EF9E66 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.121 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9E66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 158, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 81%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 57%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.9%, 57.3%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.07, 24.61, 41.34) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.07, 48.11, 59.24°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.84% 0.07 0.0983) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.84% 0.121 54.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.2250, 43.7681, 18.3707) |
| Luminance | 0.4376 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.32
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.71
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.38
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.70
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.66
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.70
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9E66 #66B7EF
analogous
#EF6673 #EF9E66 #EFE366
triadic
#EF9E66 #66EF9E #9E66EF
tetradic
#EF9E66 #73EF66 #66B7EF #E366EF
square
#EF9E66 #73EF66 #66B7EF #E366EF
split-complementary
#EF9E66 #66EFE3 #6673EF
monochromatic
#C65D15 #E97B2F #EF9E66 #F5C19D #FBE4D5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#EF9E66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.75
#EF9E66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9E66
9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9E66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9E66 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.75 | 9.75 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.75 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A661
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B866
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9e66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 158, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.121 54.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f8bb93',
500: '#ef9e66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9e66; $custom-light: #f8bb93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9e66",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 158,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.526,
"s": 81.065,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7684,
"c": 0.12067,
"h": 54.6
},
"luminance": 0.43764
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9E66
secondary
#C2DCEE
accent
#86DD08
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110D
muted
#86807E