#EF996C#EF996C

#EF996C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.120 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF996C
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 108)
HSL	hsl(21, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 55%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 54.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, 27.72, 36.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 46.14, 53.08°)
OKLab	oklab(76.05% 0.0802 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(76.05% 0.12 48)
XYZ	xyz(49.6978, 42.2203, 19.7164)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF996C #6CC2EF

analogous

#EF6C80 #EF996C #EFDB6C

triadic

#EF996C #6CEF99 #996CEF

tetradic

#EF996C #80EF6C #6CC2EF #DB6CEF

square

#EF996C #80EF6C #6CC2EF #DB6CEF

split-complementary

#EF996C #6CEFDB #6C80EF

monochromatic

#CB5416 #E97335 #EF996C #F5BFA3 #FBE6DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EF996C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#EF996C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF996C

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF996C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF996C	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)

#B0A368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef996c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.120 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b797',
    500: '#ef996c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef996c;
$custom-light: #f8b797;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef996c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.611,
    "s": 80.368,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76054,
    "c": 0.11967,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.42216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF996C

secondary

#C7E2EF

accent

#94DD09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF996C

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

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