#EF8561#EF8561

#EF8561 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.139 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8561
RGB	rgb(239, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(15, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(15, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.4%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 37.31, 37.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 52.63, 44.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% 0.1078 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.139 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.1454, 35.9937, 15.8243)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8561 #61CBEF

analogous

#EF6184 #EF8561 #EFCC61

triadic

#EF8561 #61EF85 #8561EF

tetradic

#EF8561 #84EF61 #61CBEF #CC61EF

square

#EF8561 #84EF61 #61CBEF #CC61EF

split-complementary

#EF8561 #61EFCC #6184EF

monochromatic

#C24014 #E95A29 #EF8561 #F5B099 #FADBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#EF8561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#EF8561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8561

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8561	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0945E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.139 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9aa8e',
    500: '#ef8561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8561;
$custom-light: #f9aa8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.211,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8561

secondary

#BEE1ED

accent

#A8DE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8561

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

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