#EF8956#EF8956

#EF8956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.141 H 46.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8956
RGB	rgb(239, 137, 86)
HSL	hsl(20, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 34.51, 43.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 55.73, 51.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0975 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.141 46.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2257, 36.9188, 13.4939)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8956 #56BCEF

analogous

#EF566F #EF8956 #EFD556

triadic

#EF8956 #56EF89 #8956EF

tetradic

#EF8956 #6FEF56 #56BCEF #D556EF

square

#EF8956 #6FEF56 #56BCEF #D556EF

split-complementary

#EF8956 #56EFD5 #566FEF

monochromatic

#B94912 #EA621E #EF8956 #F4B08E #FAD7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#EF8956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#EF8956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8956

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8956	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF757D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 137, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.141 46.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faac87',
    500: '#ef8956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8956;
$custom-light: #faac87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73027,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 46.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8956

secondary

#B5D9EB

accent

#97DF06

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8956

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

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