#EF9978#EF9978

#EF9978 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9978
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 120)
HSL	hsl(17, 79%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 50%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 49.8%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 28.74, 30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 42.06, 46.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% 0.0847 0.0755)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.113 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.3809, 42.4936, 23.3143)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9978 #78CEEF

analogous

#EF7892 #EF9978 #EFD578

triadic

#EF9978 #78EF99 #9978EF

tetradic

#EF9978 #92EF78 #78CEEF #D578EF

square

#EF9978 #92EF78 #78CEEF #D578EF

split-complementary

#EF9978 #78EFD5 #7892EF

monochromatic

#D44D19 #E97041 #EF9978 #F5C2AF #FCEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EF9978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EF9978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9978

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9978	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA375

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B577

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b79f',
    500: '#ef9978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9978;
$custom-light: #f8b79f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.639,
    "s": 78.808,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7626,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9978

secondary

#D1E9F2

accent

#A1DB0A

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9978

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

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