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#EF4E00 — Vivid Orange

#EF4E00 is a orange color we call Vivid Orange, closest to the named color OrangeRed (#FF4500). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: orangered (#FF4500) — not an exact match. CSS orangered gives you #FF4500, a different color; use #EF4E00 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#EF4E00 is a warm orange color associated with warmth, appetite and friendliness. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #00A0F0; it also sits naturally between #F00028 and #F0C800. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EF4E00 · RGB 239, 78, 0

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Color values

HEX#EF4E00
RGB239, 78, 0
HSL20°, 100%, 47%
HSV20°, 100%, 94%
CMYK0%, 67%, 100%, 6%
XYZ38.32, 23.80, 2.57
Yxy23.80, 0.5923, 0.3679
CIE-Lab55.89, 59.52, 66.54
Hunter Lab48.78, 58.36, 29.46

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 31% · Blue 0%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 67% · Yellow 100% · Key 6%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #EF4E00 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EF4E00 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EF4E00

.text { color: #EF4E00; }
.background { background-color: #EF4E00; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EF4E00; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 78, 0); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(20, 100%, 47%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EF4E00; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 78, 0, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EF4E00; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 78, 0, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EF4E00">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EF4E00">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EF4E00

#DB4900#C24100#AD3A00#993300#852C00#6B2400#571D00#421600#290E00#140700

Tints of #EF4E00

#FF5C0A#FF6D24#FF7E3D#FF8F57#FFA070#FFAD85#FFBE9E#FFCFB8#FFE0D1#FFF1EB

Tones of #EF4E00

#DF5511#CD5B23#BC6134#AB6744#9B6C55#897267

Color harmonies

Complementary — #00A0F0:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text3.65:1 AA large only
Against black text5.76:1 AA

Best text color on #EF4E00: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EF4E00

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #EF4E00: ·

How #EF4E00 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #A9A813Deuteranopia · #B3BF17Tritanopia · #E72225

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind orange 600 · #EA580CMaterial Deep Orange 500 · #FF5722Tailwind orange 500 · #F97316

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EF4E00 rather than the exact color:

Palette 2a004e
#2A004E · #500073 · #C62300 · #F14A00
Palette 006e7f
#006E7F · #F8CB2E · #EE5007 · #B22727
Palette Ebe4d1
#EBE4D1 · #B4B4B3 · #26577C · #E55604
Palette 640d5f
#640D5F · #B12C00 · #EB5B00 · #FFCC00
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #E4003A · #B60071
Palette Ffb200
#FFB200 · #EB5B00 · #D91656 · #640D5F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#F14A00#EE5007#E55604#EB5B00#FC5404#E55807#FF4D00#FC4100#FF4400#F94C10#E85C0D#EA6009

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EF4DFF  ·  #EF4E01 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EF4E00?

#EF4E00 is Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 239, 78, 0). Its closest standard named color is OrangeRed.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EF4E00?

#EF4E00 is RGB 239, 78, 0 — HSL 20°, 100%, 47% — CMYK 0%, 67%, 100%, 6%.

What colors go with #EF4E00?

Its complement is #00A0F0; analogous partners are #F00028 and #F0C800. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EF4E00 for text?

Black text on #EF4E00 has a contrast ratio of 5.76:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 3.65:1.