#EF8F59#EF8F59

#EF8F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.136 H 48.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF8F59
RGB	rgb(239, 143, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 82%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 62.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, 31.58, 43.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 53.99, 54.20°)
OKLab	oklab(74.06% 0.0891 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.06% 0.136 48.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.2258, 38.7216, 14.4362)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF8F59 #59B9EF

analogous

#EF596E #EF8F59 #EFDA59

triadic

#EF8F59 #59EF8F #8F59EF

tetradic

#EF8F59 #6EEF59 #59B9EF #DA59EF

square

#EF8F59 #6EEF59 #59B9EF #DA59EF

split-complementary

#EF8F59 #59EFDA #596EEF

monochromatic

#BC4F12 #EA6921 #EF8F59 #F4B591 #FADAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#EF8F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#EF8F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF8F59

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF8F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF8F59	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1AF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef8f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 143, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.136 48.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f9b089',
    500: '#ef8f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef8f59;
$custom-light: #f9b089;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef8f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.6,
    "s": 82.418,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74064,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 48.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF8F59

secondary

#B8D9EC

accent

#91DF07

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF8F59

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

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