#EF9F5C#EF9F5C
#EF9F5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.127 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #EF9F5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(239, 159, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 82%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 62%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 61.5%, 6.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.18, 23.36, 46.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.18, 52.09, 63.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.88% 0.0648 0.1087) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.88% 0.127 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.9299, 43.9241, 15.9717) |
| Luminance | 0.4392 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 1.35
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.17
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 3.61
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.60
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 4.82
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#EF9F5C #5CACEF
analogous
#EF5C62 #EF9F5C #EFE95C
triadic
#EF9F5C #5CEF9F #9F5CEF
tetradic
#EF9F5C #62EF5C #5CACEF #E95CEF
square
#EF9F5C #62EF5C #5CACEF #E95CEF
split-complementary
#EF9F5C #5CEFE9 #5C62EF
monochromatic
#BE6113 #EA7E24 #EF9F5C #F4C094 #FAE1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#EF9F5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.78
#EF9F5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #EF9F5C
9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##EF9F5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##EF9F5C | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.78 | 9.78 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.78 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A656
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #ef9f5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 159, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.127 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f9bb8c',
500: '#ef9f5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #ef9f5c; $custom-light: #f9bb8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#ef9f5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 239,
"g": 159,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.347,
"s": 82.123,
"l": 64.902
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7688,
"c": 0.12659,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.4392
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#EF9F5C
secondary
#BAD6EC
accent
#7CDF07
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D