#E59D79#E59D79

#E59D79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.100 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E59D79
RGB	rgb(229, 157, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 68%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.4%, 47.2%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.98, 22.78, 29.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.98, 37.39, 52.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% 0.0675 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.1 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.8237, 42.1561, 23.7036)
Luminance	0.4215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E59D79 #79C1E5

analogous

#E5798B #E59D79 #E5D379

triadic

#E59D79 #79E59D #9D79E5

tetradic

#E59D79 #8BE579 #79C1E5 #D379E5

square

#E59D79 #8BE579 #79C1E5 #D379E5

split-complementary

#E59D79 #79E5D3 #798BE5

monochromatic

#BF5825 #DB7846 #E59D79 #EFC2AC #F9E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E59D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E59D79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E59D79

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E59D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E59D79	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B479

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F69094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e59d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 157, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.100 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0baa0',
    500: '#e59d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e59d79;
$custom-light: #f0baa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e59d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 229,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 67.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75834,
    "c": 0.09952,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E59D79

secondary

#CDE2ED

accent

#92CF16

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E59D79

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

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