#EF9974#EF9974

#EF9974 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.115 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9974
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 116)
HSL	hsl(18, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(18, 51%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 51.5%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.14, 28.39, 32.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.14, 43.36, 49.11°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% 0.0832 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.115 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.1432, 42.3985, 22.0625)
Luminance	0.4239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9974 #74CAEF

analogous

#EF748D #EF9974 #EFD774

triadic

#EF9974 #74EF99 #9974EF

tetradic

#EF9974 #8DEF74 #74CAEF #D774EF

square

#EF9974 #8DEF74 #74CAEF #D774EF

split-complementary

#EF9974 #74EFD7 #748DEF

monochromatic

#D15018 #E9713D #EF9974 #F5C1AB #FCEAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#EF9974 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#EF9974 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9974

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9974	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9974	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B573

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9974;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.115 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b79c',
    500: '#ef9974',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9974;
$custom-light: #f8b79c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9974",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.049,
    "s": 79.355,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76189,
    "c": 0.11544,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9974

secondary

#CEE6F1

accent

#9DDC0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9974

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

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