#EF8C5E#EF8C5E

#EF8C5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.135 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8C5E
RGB	rgb(239, 140, 94)
HSL	hsl(19, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(19, 61%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 60.7%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 33.48, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 52.54, 50.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% 0.0956 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.135 45)
XYZ	xyz(46.9986, 37.9198, 15.4316)
Luminance	0.3791 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8C5E #5EC1EF

analogous

#EF5E79 #EF8C5E #EFD45E

triadic

#EF8C5E #5EEF8C #8C5EEF

tetradic

#EF8C5E #79EF5E #5EC1EF #D45EEF

square

#EF8C5E #79EF5E #5EC1EF #D45EEF

split-complementary

#EF8C5E #5EEFD4 #5E79EF

monochromatic

#C04A13 #E96426 #EF8C5E #F5B496 #FADCCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#EF8C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#EF8C5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8C5E

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8C5E	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7985A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 140, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.135 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae8c',
    500: '#ef8c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8c5e;
$custom-light: #f9ae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.034,
    "s": 81.921,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73633,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.37915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8C5E

secondary

#BCDDED

accent

#9ADE07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8C5E

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