#EF9979#EF9979

#EF9979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.113 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EF9979
RGB	rgb(239, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 79%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(16, 49%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 28.84, 30.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 41.75, 46.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% 0.0851 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.113 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.4419, 42.5180, 23.6356)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EF9979 #79CFEF

analogous

#EF7994 #EF9979 #EFD479

triadic

#EF9979 #79EF99 #9979EF

tetradic

#EF9979 #94EF79 #79CFEF #D479EF

square

#EF9979 #94EF79 #79CFEF #D479EF

split-complementary

#EF9979 #79EFD4 #7994EF

monochromatic

#D44C19 #E86F42 #EF9979 #F6C3B0 #FCEAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#EF9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#EF9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EF9979

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EF9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EF9979	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)

#AFA376

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B678

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ef9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.113 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8b7a0',
    500: '#ef9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ef9979;
$custom-light: #f8b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ef9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.271,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76278,
    "c": 0.11301,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EF9979

secondary

#D2E9F2

accent

#A2DB0B

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#18110E

muted

#86807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #EF9979

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

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