#EF8856#EF8856

#EF8856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.142 H 45.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8856
RGB	rgb(239, 136, 86)
HSL	hsl(20, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, 35.03, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 55.86, 51.16°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% 0.0991 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.142 45.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0842, 36.6358, 13.4468)
Luminance	0.3663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8856 #56BDEF

analogous

#EF5670 #EF8856 #EFD556

triadic

#EF8856 #56EF88 #8856EF

tetradic

#EF8856 #70EF56 #56BDEF #D556EF

square

#EF8856 #70EF56 #56BDEF #D556EF

split-complementary

#EF8856 #56EFD5 #5670EF

monochromatic

#B94812 #EA611E #EF8856 #F4AF8E #FAD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#EF8856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#EF8856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8856

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8856	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 136, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.142 45.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faac87',
    500: '#ef8856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8856;
$custom-light: #faac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.608,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72864,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 45.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8856

secondary

#B5DAEB

accent

#98DF06

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8856

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

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