#EF996B#EF996B

#EF996B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF996B
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 107)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 55.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.01, 27.64, 37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.01, 46.50, 53.54°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.0798 0.0899)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.12 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.6449, 42.1991, 19.4377)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF996B #6BC1EF

analogous

#EF6B7F #EF996B #EFDB6B

triadic

#EF996B #6BEF99 #996BEF

tetradic

#EF996B #7FEF6B #6BC1EF #DB6BEF

square

#EF996B #7FEF6B #6BC1EF #DB6BEF

split-complementary

#EF996B #6BEFDB #6B7FEF

monochromatic

#CA5516 #E97334 #EF996B #F5BFA2 #FBE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EF996B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EF996B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF996B

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF996B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF996B	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef996b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b796',
    500: '#ef996b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef996b;
$custom-light: #f8b796;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef996b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.909,
    "s": 80.488,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76039,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF996B

secondary

#C7E1EF

accent

#93DD09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF996B

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

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