#EF855A#EF855A

#EF855A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF855A
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 90)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 62.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 36.83, 40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 54.91, 47.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.1052 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.142 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.8333, 35.8689, 14.1805)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF855A #5AC4EF

analogous

#EF5A7A #EF855A #EFCF5A

triadic

#EF855A #5AEF85 #855AEF

tetradic

#EF855A #7AEF5A #5AC4EF #CF5AEF

square

#EF855A #7AEF5A #5AC4EF #CF5AEF

split-complementary

#EF855A #5AEFCF #5A7AEF

monochromatic

#BC4312 #EA5C22 #EF855A #F4AE92 #FAD8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EF855A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#EF855A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF855A

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF855A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF855A	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef855a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faaa89',
    500: '#ef855a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef855a;
$custom-light: #faaa89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef855a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.315,
    "s": 82.32,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72432,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF855A

secondary

#B9DDEC

accent

#A0DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF855A

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

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