#EF855B#EF855B

#EF855B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.142 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF855B
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 61.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 36.90, 40.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 54.58, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.1056 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.142 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8761, 35.8860, 14.4062)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF855B #5BC5EF

analogous

#EF5B7B #EF855B #EFCF5B

triadic

#EF855B #5BEF85 #855BEF

tetradic

#EF855B #7BEF5B #5BC5EF #CF5BEF

square

#EF855B #7BEF5B #5BC5EF #CF5BEF

split-complementary

#EF855B #5BEFCF #5B7BEF

monochromatic

#BD4312 #EA5C23 #EF855B #F4AE93 #FAD8CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EF855B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#EF855B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF855B

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF855B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF855B	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF717B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef855b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.142 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faaa8a',
    500: '#ef855b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef855b;
$custom-light: #faaa8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef855b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.027,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72447,
    "c": 0.14185,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF855B

secondary

#BADEEC

accent

#A1DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF855B

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

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