#EF7D30 is a mid-toned, warm amber. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded, bold and ownable. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #EF7D30 works with other colors. Named schemes with #EF7D30 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Princeton Orange as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Princeton Orange holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Princeton Orange opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Princeton Orange sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Princeton Orange is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Princeton Orange carrying the quiet middle.
How #EF7D30 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #EF7D30 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #EF7D30;
--color-base-rgb: 239 125 48;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(70.7% 0.164 50.3);
--color-50: #FEF6F0;
--color-100: #FDE7D8;
--color-200: #F9CFB3;
--color-300: #EFAD80;
--color-400: #E08B52;
--color-500: #C66B2F;
--color-600: #96562B;
--color-700: #6A4025;
--color-800: #452C1C;
--color-900: #2A1C13;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
princeton-orange: {
50: '#FEF6F0',
100: '#FDE7D8',
200: '#F9CFB3',
300: '#EFAD80',
400: '#E08B52',
500: '#C66B2F',
600: '#96562B',
700: '#6A4025',
800: '#452C1C',
900: '#2A1C13',
},
}
$base: #EF7D30; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF6F0; $base-100: #FDE7D8; $base-200: #F9CFB3; $base-300: #EFAD80; $base-400: #E08B52; $base-500: #C66B2F; $base-600: #96562B; $base-700: #6A4025; $base-800: #452C1C; $base-900: #2A1C13; $base-hover: #D45F10; $base-subtle: #F3D9C7;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#EF7D30",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F0",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FDE7D8",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F9CFB3",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EFAD80",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#E08B52",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#C66B2F",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#96562B",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#6A4025",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#452C1C",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#2A1C13",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}