#EF855E#EF855E

#EF855E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.141 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF855E
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 94)
HSL	hsl(16, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, 37.10, 38.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 53.59, 46.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.49% 0.1067 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(72.49% 0.141 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0081, 35.9388, 15.1015)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF855E #5EC8EF

analogous

#EF5E7F #EF855E #EFCE5E

triadic

#EF855E #5EEF85 #855EEF

tetradic

#EF855E #7FEF5E #5EC8EF #CE5EEF

square

#EF855E #7FEF5E #5EC8EF #CE5EEF

split-complementary

#EF855E #5EEFCE #5E7FEF

monochromatic

#C04113 #E95B26 #EF855E #F5AF96 #FAD9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#EF855E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#EF855E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF855E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF855E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF855E	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1945A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef855e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.141 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8c',
    500: '#ef855e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef855e;
$custom-light: #f9aa8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef855e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72491,
    "c": 0.14062,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF855E

secondary

#BCE0ED

accent

#A4DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF855E

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

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