#EF8A59#EF8A59

#EF8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.139 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8A59
RGB	rgb(239, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, 34.19, 42.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 54.55, 51.19°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% 0.097 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.139 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4919, 37.2538, 14.1915)
Luminance	0.3725 (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

#EF8A59 #59BEEF

analogous

#EF5973 #EF8A59 #EFD559

triadic

#EF8A59 #59EF8A #8A59EF

tetradic

#EF8A59 #73EF59 #59BEEF #D559EF

square

#EF8A59 #73EF59 #59BEEF #D559EF

split-complementary

#EF8A59 #59EFD5 #5973EF

monochromatic

#BC4912 #EA6321 #EF8A59 #F4B191 #FAD9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#EF8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#EF8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8A59

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8A59	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59754

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.139 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ad89',
    500: '#ef8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8a59;
$custom-light: #f9ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73232,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8A59

secondary

#B8DBEC

accent

#98DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8A59

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

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