#ED9979#ED9979

#ED9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#ED9979
RGB	rgb(237, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 76%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 49%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.4%, 48.9%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 28.06, 29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 40.95, 46.76°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0829 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.111 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.7703, 42.1716, 23.6041)
Luminance	0.4217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#ED9979 #79CDED

analogous

#ED7993 #ED9979 #EDD379

triadic

#ED9979 #79ED99 #9979ED

tetradic

#ED9979 #93ED79 #79CDED #D379ED

square

#ED9979 #93ED79 #79CDED #D379ED

split-complementary

#ED9979 #79EDD3 #7993ED

monochromatic

#D04E1C #E67043 #ED9979 #F4C2AF #FBEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#ED9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#ED9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #ED9979

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##ED9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##ED9979	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B578

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ed9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(237, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6b7a0',
    500: '#ed9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ed9979;
$custom-light: #f6b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ed9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 237,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76044,
    "c": 0.1108,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#ED9979

secondary

#D1E8F1

accent

#A0D90D

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #ED9979

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

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