#EF9969#EF9969

#EF9969 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9969
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(21, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(21, 56%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 56.1%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 27.48, 38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 47.23, 54.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% 0.079 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.121 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.5409, 42.1575, 18.8900)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9969 #69BFEF

analogous

#EF697C #EF9969 #EFDC69

triadic

#EF9969 #69EF99 #9969EF

tetradic

#EF9969 #7CEF69 #69BFEF #DC69EF

square

#EF9969 #7CEF69 #69BFEF #DC69EF

split-complementary

#EF9969 #69EFDC #697CEF

monochromatic

#C85515 #E97332 #EF9969 #F5BFA0 #FBE4D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#EF9969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#EF9969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9969

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9969	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)

#B1A265

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b795',
    500: '#ef9969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9969;
$custom-light: #f8b795;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.493,
    "s": 80.723,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9969

secondary

#C5E0EF

accent

#91DD08

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9969

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

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