#EF8C59#EF8C59

#EF8C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.138 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8C59
RGB	rgb(239, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, 33.15, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 54.31, 52.38°)
OKLab	oklab(73.56% 0.0939 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(73.56% 0.138 47)
XYZ	xyz(46.7815, 37.8329, 14.2881)
Luminance	0.3783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8C59 #59BCEF

analogous

#EF5971 #EF8C59 #EFD759

triadic

#EF8C59 #59EF8C #8C59EF

tetradic

#EF8C59 #71EF59 #59BCEF #D759EF

square

#EF8C59 #71EF59 #59BCEF #D759EF

split-complementary

#EF8C59 #59EFD7 #5971EF

monochromatic

#BC4C12 #EA6521 #EF8C59 #F4B391 #FAD9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EF8C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#EF8C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8C59

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8C59	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.138 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae89',
    500: '#ef8c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8c59;
$custom-light: #f9ae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.4,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73563,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.37828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8C59

secondary

#B8DAEC

accent

#95DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8C59

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

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