#EF8E5B#EF8E5B

#EF8E5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.135 H 47.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8E5B
RGB	rgb(239, 142, 91)
HSL	hsl(21, 82%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 61.9%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 32.24, 42.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 53.37, 52.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% 0.0914 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.135 47.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1615, 38.4568, 14.8347)
Luminance	0.3845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8E5B #5BBCEF

analogous

#EF5B72 #EF8E5B #EFD85B

triadic

#EF8E5B #5BEF8E #8E5BEF

tetradic

#EF8E5B #72EF5B #5BBCEF #D85BEF

square

#EF8E5B #72EF5B #5BBCEF #D85BEF

split-complementary

#EF8E5B #5BEFD8 #5B72EF

monochromatic

#BD4D12 #EA6823 #EF8E5B #F4B493 #FADBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#EF8E5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#EF8E5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8E5B

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8E5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8E5B	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8e5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 142, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.135 47.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b08a',
    500: '#ef8e5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8e5b;
$custom-light: #f9b08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8e5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.676,
    "s": 82.222,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.13534,
    "h": 47.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8E5B

secondary

#BADBEC

accent

#94DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8E5B

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