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#EFB080 — Light Vivid Orange

#EFB080 is a orange color we call Light Vivid Orange, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the orange family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: burlywood (#DEB887) — not an exact match. CSS burlywood gives you #DEB887, a different color; use #EFB080 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.

#EFB080 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 #80BFEF; it also sits naturally between #EF8087 and #EFE880. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFB080 · RGB 239, 176, 128

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Color values

HEX#EFB080
RGB239, 176, 128
HSL26°, 78%, 72%
HSV26°, 46%, 94%
CMYK0%, 26%, 46%, 6%
XYZ55.02, 50.96, 27.36
Yxy50.96, 0.4126, 0.3822
CIE-Lab76.65, 17.33, 33.55
Hunter Lab71.39, 16.72, 24.26

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 69% · Blue 50%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 26% · Yellow 46% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFB080 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFB080 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFB080

.text { color: #EFB080; }
.background { background-color: #EFB080; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFB080; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 176, 128); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(26, 78%, 72%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFB080; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 176, 128, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFB080; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 176, 128, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFB080">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFB080">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFB080

#EB9C60#E78940#E47825#CC6719#AC5715#8D4711#6D370D#52290A#321906#120902

Tints of #EFB080

#F0B689#F2BE97#F3C4A0#F5CCAD#F6D2B6#F7D8BF#F9E0CD#FAE6D6#FCEEE4#FDF4ED

Tones of #EFB080

#E7B188#E0B290#D8B397#CFB4A0#C7B6A8#BFB7B0

Color harmonies

Complementary — #80BFEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.88:1 Fails
Against black text11.19:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFB080: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #EFB080

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 #EFB080: ·

How #EFB080 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D4D38CDeuteranopia · #D7DC8ETritanopia · #EC9597

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:

Material Grey 500 · #9E9E9EMaterial Lime 500 · #CDDC39Material Yellow 500 · #FFEB3B

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFB080 rather than the exact color:

Palette F7ffba
#F7FFBA · #F7E39C · #EBAF81 · #DA8067
Palette Fff2cc
#FFF2CC · #FFD966 · #F4B183 · #DFA67B
Palette 493323
#493323 · #91684A · #EAAC7F · #FFDF91
Palette A1ccd1
#A1CCD1 · #F4F2DE · #E9B384 · #7C9D96
Palette F5b17b
#F5B17B · #4E709D · #89A4C7 · #CDD5E0
Palette C2e8ce
#C2E8CE · #F2EEE5 · #F6AD7B · #BE7575

Similar colors

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

#EBAF81#F4B183#EAAC7F#E9B384#F5B17B#F6AD7B#F6B17A#ECB176#F2A67B#E7AB79#F7B980#F2BB7B

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFB07F  ·  #EFB081 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFB080?

#EFB080 is Light Vivid Orange, a orange color (RGB 239, 176, 128). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFB080?

#EFB080 is RGB 239, 176, 128 — HSL 26°, 78%, 72% — CMYK 0%, 26%, 46%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFB080?

Its complement is #80BFEF; analogous partners are #EF8087 and #EFE880. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFB080 for text?

Black text on #EFB080 has a contrast ratio of 11.19:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.88:1.