#EF855F#EF855F

#EF855F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.140 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF855F
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 95)
HSL	hsl(16, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(16, 60%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 60.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.49, 37.17, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.49, 53.26, 45.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.1071 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.14 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0533, 35.9569, 15.3393)
Luminance	0.3595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF855F #5FC9EF

analogous

#EF5F81 #EF855F #EFCD5F

triadic

#EF855F #5FEF85 #855FEF

tetradic

#EF855F #81EF5F #5FC9EF #CD5FEF

square

#EF855F #81EF5F #5FC9EF #CD5FEF

split-complementary

#EF855F #5FEFCD #5F81EF

monochromatic

#C04113 #E95B27 #EF855F #F5AF97 #FADACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EF855F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#EF855F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF855F

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF855F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF855F	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#A1945B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef855f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.140 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8d',
    500: '#ef855f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef855f;
$custom-light: #f9aa8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef855f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72506,
    "c": 0.14022,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF855F

secondary

#BDE0ED

accent

#A5DE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF855F

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

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