#EF8959#EF8959

#EF8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.140 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8959
RGB	rgb(239, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(19, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, 34.70, 42.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 54.68, 50.60°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0986 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.14 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.3491, 36.9682, 14.1439)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8959 #59BFEF

analogous

#EF5974 #EF8959 #EFD459

triadic

#EF8959 #59EF89 #8959EF

tetradic

#EF8959 #74EF59 #59BFEF #D459EF

square

#EF8959 #74EF59 #59BFEF #D459EF

split-complementary

#EF8959 #59EFD4 #5974EF

monochromatic

#BC4812 #EA6121 #EF8959 #F4B191 #FAD8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#EF8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#EF8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8959

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8959	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF767E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.140 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#faac89',
    500: '#ef8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8959;
$custom-light: #faac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.2,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73068,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8959

secondary

#B8DBEC

accent

#9ADF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8959

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

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