#EF8459#EF8459

#EF8459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.143 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8459
RGB	rgb(239, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.8%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, 37.28, 40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 55.40, 47.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% 0.1064 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.143 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6547, 35.5795, 13.9125)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8459 #59C4EF

analogous

#EF5979 #EF8459 #EFCF59

triadic

#EF8459 #59EF84 #8459EF

tetradic

#EF8459 #79EF59 #59C4EF #CF59EF

square

#EF8459 #79EF59 #59C4EF #CF59EF

split-complementary

#EF8459 #59EFCF #5979EF

monochromatic

#BC4312 #EA5B21 #EF8459 #F4AD91 #FAD7C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#EF8459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#EF8459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8459

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8459	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09355

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.143 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faa989',
    500: '#ef8459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8459;
$custom-light: #faa989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72258,
    "c": 0.14346,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8459

secondary

#B8DDEC

accent

#A1DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8459

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

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