#E49E79#E49E79

#E49E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.098 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E49E79
RGB	rgb(228, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(21, 66%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(21, 47%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.7%, 46.9%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.10, 21.85, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.10, 36.94, 53.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% 0.0647 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.098 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6753, 42.3317, 23.7453)
Luminance	0.4233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E49E79 #79BFE4

analogous

#E47989 #E49E79 #E4D479

triadic

#E49E79 #79E49E #9E79E4

tetradic

#E49E79 #89E479 #79BFE4 #D479E4

square

#E49E79 #89E479 #79BFE4 #D479E4

split-complementary

#E49E79 #79E4D4 #7989E4

monochromatic

#BD5A26 #DA7946 #E49E79 #EEC3AC #F9E8DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E49E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E49E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E49E79

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E49E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E49E79	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F59294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e49e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(228, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.098 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efbba0',
    500: '#e49e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e49e79;
$custom-light: #efbba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e49e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 228,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.748,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75903,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E49E79

secondary

#CCE1EC

accent

#8FCE17

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E49E79

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

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