#EF9972#EF9972

#EF9972 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.116 H 45.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9972
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 114)
HSL	hsl(19, 80%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 52.3%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 28.22, 33.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 44.04, 50.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.15% 0.0824 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(76.15% 0.116 45)
XYZ	xyz(50.0282, 42.3524, 21.4564)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9972 #72C8EF

analogous

#EF728A #EF9972 #EFD872

triadic

#EF9972 #72EF99 #9972EF

tetradic

#EF9972 #8AEF72 #72C8EF #D872EF

square

#EF9972 #8AEF72 #72C8EF #D872EF

split-complementary

#EF9972 #72EFD8 #728AEF

monochromatic

#CF5118 #E9713B #EF9972 #F5C1A9 #FBE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EF9972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#EF9972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9972

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9972	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A36F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B571

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.116 45.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b79b',
    500: '#ef9972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9972;
$custom-light: #f8b79b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.72,
    "s": 79.618,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76154,
    "c": 0.11646,
    "h": 45
  },
  "luminance": 0.42348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9972

secondary

#CCE5F1

accent

#9ADC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9972

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

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