#EF8D59#EF8D59

#EF8D59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.137 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8D59
RGB	rgb(239, 141, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, 32.63, 43.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 54.20, 52.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.73% 0.0923 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(73.73% 0.137 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9283, 38.1265, 14.3370)
Luminance	0.3812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8D59 #59BBEF

analogous

#EF5970 #EF8D59 #EFD859

triadic

#EF8D59 #59EF8D #8D59EF

tetradic

#EF8D59 #70EF59 #59BBEF #D859EF

square

#EF8D59 #70EF59 #59BBEF #D859EF

split-complementary

#EF8D59 #59EFD8 #5970EF

monochromatic

#BC4D12 #EA6721 #EF8D59 #F4B391 #FADAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#EF8D59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#EF8D59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8D59

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8D59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8D59	1.00	2.43	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8d59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 141, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.137 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9af89',
    500: '#ef8d59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8d59;
$custom-light: #f9af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8d59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.8,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73729,
    "c": 0.13696,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8D59

secondary

#B8DAEC

accent

#94DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8D59

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

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