#EF996E#EF996E

#EF996E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.119 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF996E
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 110)
HSL	hsl(20, 80%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(20, 54%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 54%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.05, 27.88, 35.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.05, 45.43, 52.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.09% 0.0809 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(76.09% 0.119 47)
XYZ	xyz(49.8054, 42.2634, 20.2834)
Luminance	0.4226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF996E #6EC4EF

analogous

#EF6E83 #EF996E #EFD96E

triadic

#EF996E #6EEF99 #996EEF

tetradic

#EF996E #83EF6E #6EC4EF #D96EEF

square

#EF996E #83EF6E #6EC4EF #D96EEF

split-complementary

#EF996E #6EEFD9 #6E83EF

monochromatic

#CC5317 #E97237 #EF996E #F5C0A5 #FBE7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EF996E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#EF996E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF996E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF996E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF996E	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B56E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF898E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef996e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.119 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b798',
    500: '#ef996e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef996e;
$custom-light: #f8b798;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef996e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 80.124,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76087,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.42259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF996E

secondary

#C9E3F0

accent

#96DC09

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110D

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF996E

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

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