#EF8E56#EF8E56

#EF8E56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.138 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8E56
RGB	rgb(239, 142, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 83%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 64%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 64%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, 31.92, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 55.19, 54.67°)
OKLab	oklab(73.86% 0.0897 0.1047)
OKLCH	oklch(73.86% 0.138 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.9530, 38.3734, 13.7364)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8E56 #56B7EF

analogous

#EF566A #EF8E56 #EFDB56

triadic

#EF8E56 #56EF8E #8E56EF

tetradic

#EF8E56 #6AEF56 #56B7EF #DB56EF

square

#EF8E56 #6AEF56 #56B7EF #DB56EF

split-complementary

#EF8E56 #56EFDB #566AEF

monochromatic

#B94F12 #EA691E #EF8E56 #F4B38E #FAD9C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EF8E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#EF8E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8E56

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8E56	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 142, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.138 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b087',
    500: '#ef8e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8e56;
$custom-light: #f9b087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.961,
    "s": 82.703,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73857,
    "c": 0.13781,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8E56

secondary

#B5D8EB

accent

#90DF06

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8E56

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

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