#EF8C61#EF8C61

#EF8C61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.134 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8C61
RGB	rgb(239, 140, 97)
HSL	hsl(18, 82%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.4%, 59.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 33.69, 38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 51.50, 49.14°)
OKLab	oklab(73.68% 0.0967 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(73.68% 0.134 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.1358, 37.9747, 16.1544)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8C61 #61C4EF

analogous

#EF617D #EF8C61 #EFD361

triadic

#EF8C61 #61EF8C #8C61EF

tetradic

#EF8C61 #7DEF61 #61C4EF #D361EF

square

#EF8C61 #7DEF61 #61C4EF #D361EF

split-complementary

#EF8C61 #61EFD3 #617DEF

monochromatic

#C24814 #E96429 #EF8C61 #F5B499 #FADDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#EF8C61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#EF8C61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8C61

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8C61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8C61	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6995D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8c61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 140, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.134 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9ae8f',
    500: '#ef8c61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8c61;
$custom-light: #f9ae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8c61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.169,
    "s": 81.609,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73677,
    "c": 0.13387,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8C61

secondary

#BEDFED

accent

#9DDE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8C61

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

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