#E09E79#E09E79

#E09E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.094 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E09E79
RGB	rgb(224, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 62%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 46%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.5%, 46%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 20.25, 29.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 35.47, 55.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0602 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.094 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.4207, 41.6848, 23.6865)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E09E79 #79BBE0

analogous

#E07988 #E09E79 #E0D179

triadic

#E09E79 #79E09E #9E79E0

tetradic

#E09E79 #88E079 #79BBE0 #D179E0

square

#E09E79 #88E079 #79BBE0 #D179E0

split-complementary

#E09E79 #79E0D1 #7988E0

monochromatic

#B55C2A #D57A47 #E09E79 #EBC2AB #F7E6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#E09E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#E09E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E09E79

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E09E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E09E79	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F09294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e09e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(224, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.094 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ecbba0',
    500: '#e09e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e09e79;
$custom-light: #ecbba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e09e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 224,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.553,
    "s": 62.424,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75458,
    "c": 0.09381,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E09E79

secondary

#CADFEA

accent

#8BCA1B

background

#FEFBF9

surface

#FDF6F2

border

#D5D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E09E79

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

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