#EF8E63#EF8E63

#EF8E63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.131 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8E63
RGB	rgb(239, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(18, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(18, 59%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 58.6%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 32.79, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 50.54, 49.55°)
OKLab	oklab(74.04% 0.0943 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(74.04% 0.131 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.5252, 38.6023, 16.7501)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8E63 #63C4EF

analogous

#EF637E #EF8E63 #EFD463

triadic

#EF8E63 #63EF8E #8E63EF

tetradic

#EF8E63 #7EEF63 #63C4EF #D463EF

square

#EF8E63 #7EEF63 #63C4EF #D463EF

split-complementary

#EF8E63 #63EFD4 #637EEF

monochromatic

#C44A14 #E9662B #EF8E63 #F5B69B #FADED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#EF8E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#EF8E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8E63

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8E63	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAF62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.131 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b090',
    500: '#ef8e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8e63;
$custom-light: #f9b090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.429,
    "s": 81.395,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7404,
    "c": 0.13149,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8E63

secondary

#C0E0EE

accent

#9CDE08

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8E63

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