#EB9979#EB9979

#EB9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.109 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EB9979
RGB	rgb(235, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 74%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 49%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.9%, 48.5%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 27.27, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 40.16, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.81% 0.0806 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(75.81% 0.109 42)
XYZ	xyz(49.1061, 41.8292, 23.5730)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EB9979 #79CBEB

analogous

#EB7992 #EB9979 #EBD279

triadic

#EB9979 #79EB99 #9979EB

tetradic

#EB9979 #92EB79 #79CBEB #D279EB

square

#EB9979 #92EB79 #79CBEB #D279EB

split-complementary

#EB9979 #79EBD2 #7992EB

monochromatic

#CB4F1E #E37044 #EB9979 #F3C2AE #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#EB9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#EB9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EB9979

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EB9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EB9979	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #eb9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(235, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.109 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5b7a0',
    500: '#eb9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #eb9979;
$custom-light: #f5b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#eb9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 235,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.842,
    "s": 74.026,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75811,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.41825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EB9979

secondary

#D0E7F0

accent

#9ED60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EB9979

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

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