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#EFB495 — Light Orange

#EFB495 is a orange color we call Light Orange, closest to the named color BurlyWood (#DEB887). It belongs to the orange family.

#EFB495 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 #95CFEF; it also sits naturally between #EF95A2 and #EFE295. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#EFB495 · RGB 239, 180, 149

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Color values

HEX#EFB495
RGB239, 180, 149
HSL21°, 74%, 76%
HSV21°, 38%, 94%
CMYK0%, 25%, 38%, 6%
XYZ57.34, 53.16, 35.67
Yxy53.16, 0.3923, 0.3637
CIE-Lab77.97, 17.44, 24.14
Hunter Lab72.91, 16.94, 18.76

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 94% · Green 71% · Blue 58%

Cyan 0% · Magenta 25% · Yellow 38% · Key 6%

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

Previews

Sample text in #EFB495 on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #EFB495 on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #EFB495

.text { color: #EFB495; }
.background { background-color: #EFB495; }
.border { border: 3px solid #EFB495; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(239, 180, 149); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(21, 74%, 76%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #EFB495; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(239, 180, 149, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #EFB495; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(239, 180, 149, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#EFB495">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#EFB495">Div content here</div>

Shades of #EFB495

#EA9E75#E68956#E17033#D15D1F#B14F1B#924116#733411#50240C#311607#120803

Tints of #EFB495

#F0BA9D#F2C1A6#F3C7AF#F4CDB8#F6D3C1#F7DACA#F8E0D3#FAE6DC#FBECE4#FCF3ED

Tones of #EFB495

#E8B69B#E2B8A1#DCBAA8#D5BCAE#CFBEB5#C9C0BB

Color harmonies

Complementary — #95CFEF:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text1.81:1 Fails
Against black text11.63:1 AAA

Best text color on #EFB495: #000000.

How #EFB495 looks with color blindness

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

Protanopia · #D5D59DDeuteranopia · #D9DD9ETritanopia · #ECA2A4

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 #EFB495

Palette Ef9595
#EF9595 · #EFB495 · #EFD595 · #EBEF95

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #EFB495 rather than the exact color:

Modern Zephyr
#165FCB · #70ADEF · #DB8C18 · #ECB994
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #D4E2D4 · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette 94b49f
#94B49F · #CEE5D0 · #FCF8E8 · #ECB390
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #94B49F · #ECB390 · #DF7861
Palette Fcf8e8
#FCF8E8 · #ECDFC8 · #ECB390 · #DF7861

Similar colors

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

#ECB994#ECB390#EFB09B#F5B89B#F8B195#F2B28C#EFBC9B#F6AE99#E6BA95#E5B299#F4BF96#EAB2A0

Browse neighbouring colors

← #EFB494  ·  #EFB496 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #EFB495?

#EFB495 is Light Orange, a orange color (RGB 239, 180, 149). Its closest standard named color is BurlyWood.

What is the RGB and HSL of #EFB495?

#EFB495 is RGB 239, 180, 149 — HSL 21°, 74%, 76% — CMYK 0%, 25%, 38%, 6%.

What colors go with #EFB495?

Its complement is #95CFEF; analogous partners are #EF95A2 and #EFE295. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #EFB495 for text?

Black text on #EFB495 has a contrast ratio of 11.63:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 1.81:1.