#EF9966#EF9966

#EF9966 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9966
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 102)
HSL	hsl(22, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(22, 57%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 57.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 27.25, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 48.35, 55.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0779 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.123 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.3894, 42.0969, 18.0922)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9966 #66BCEF

analogous

#EF6678 #EF9966 #EFDE66

triadic

#EF9966 #66EF99 #9966EF

tetradic

#EF9966 #78EF66 #66BCEF #DE66EF

square

#EF9966 #78EF66 #66BCEF #DE66EF

split-complementary

#EF9966 #66EFDE #6678EF

monochromatic

#C65715 #E9742F #EF9966 #F5BE9D #FBE3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9966 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#EF9966 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9966

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9966	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9966	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A262

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B566

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9966;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b792',
    500: '#ef9966',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9966;
$custom-light: #f8b792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9966",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.336,
    "s": 81.065,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75961,
    "c": 0.12302,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9966

secondary

#C2DEEE

accent

#8EDD08

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9966

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

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