#EF9977#EF9977

#EF9977 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.114 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9977
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 119)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 50.2%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 28.65, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 42.38, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0844 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.114 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.3206, 42.4694, 22.9964)
Luminance	0.4247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9977 #77CDEF

analogous

#EF7791 #EF9977 #EFD577

triadic

#EF9977 #77EF99 #9977EF

tetradic

#EF9977 #91EF77 #77CDEF #D577EF

square

#EF9977 #91EF77 #77CDEF #D577EF

split-complementary

#EF9977 #77EFD5 #7791EF

monochromatic

#D34E19 #E97040 #EF9977 #F5C2AE #FCEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EF9977 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#EF9977 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9977

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9977	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9977	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA374

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B576

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9977;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.114 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b79e',
    500: '#ef9977',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9977;
$custom-light: #f8b79e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9977",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17,
    "s": 78.947,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76242,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9977

secondary

#D0E8F2

accent

#A0DB0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9977

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

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