#EFA979#EFA979

#EFA979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.104 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#EFA979
RGBrgb(239, 169, 121)
HSLhsl(24, 79%, 71%)
HSVhsv(24, 49%, 94%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 29.3%, 49.4%, 6.3%)
CIE-LABlab(74.89, 20.37, 34.96)
CIE-LCHlch(74.89, 40.46, 59.77°)
OKLaboklab(79.12% 0.0596 0.0853)
OKLCHoklch(79.12% 0.104 55.1)
XYZxyz(53.2385, 48.1111, 24.5678)
Luminance0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#EFA979 #79BFEF
analogous
#EF7984 #EFA979 #EFE479
triadic
#EFA979 #79EFA9 #A979EF
tetradic
#EFA979 #84EF79 #79BFEF #E479EF
square
#EFA979 #84EF79 #79BFEF #E479EF
split-complementary
#EFA979 #79EFE4 #7984EF
monochromatic
#D46519 #E88642 #EFA979 #F6CCB0 #FCEDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98
#EFA979 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62
#EFA979 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EFA979
10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##EFA979#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##EFA9791.001.9810.6210.62
#FFFFFF1.981.0021.0021.00
#00000010.6221.001.001.00
##00000010.6221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAF75
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBE79
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF9B9D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #efa979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(239, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.104 55.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f7c2a0',
    500: '#efa979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #efa979;
$custom-light: #f7c2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#efa979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 239,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.407,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79117,
    "c": 0.10407,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#EFA979
secondary
#D2E5F2
accent
#86DB0B
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#18120F
muted
#86817E

Preview Lab

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#EFA979 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva