#EF9872#EF9872

#EF9872 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.117 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9872
RGB	rgb(239, 152, 114)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.4%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 28.74, 33.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 44.16, 49.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.084 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.117 44.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.8652, 42.0265, 21.4020)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9872 #72C9EF

analogous

#EF728B #EF9872 #EFD772

triadic

#EF9872 #72EF98 #9872EF

tetradic

#EF9872 #8BEF72 #72C9EF #D772EF

square

#EF9872 #8BEF72 #72C9EF #D772EF

split-complementary

#EF9872 #72EFD7 #728BEF

monochromatic

#CF4F18 #E9703B #EF9872 #F5C0A9 #FBE8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9872 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#EF9872 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9872

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9872	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9872	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA26F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9872;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 152, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.117 44.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b79b',
    500: '#ef9872',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9872;
$custom-light: #f8b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9872",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.24,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75981,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 44.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9872

secondary

#CCE6F1

accent

#9CDC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9872

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

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