#E69979#E69979

#E69979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.103 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E69979
RGB	rgb(230, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(18, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.17, 25.31, 28.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.17, 38.19, 48.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% 0.075 0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.103 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4781, 40.9897, 23.4967)
Luminance	0.4099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E69979 #79C6E6

analogous

#E67990 #E69979 #E6D079

triadic

#E69979 #79E699 #9979E6

tetradic

#E69979 #90E679 #79C6E6 #D079E6

square

#E69979 #90E679 #79C6E6 #D079E6

split-complementary

#E69979 #79E6D0 #7990E6

monochromatic

#C15224 #DC7245 #E69979 #F0C0AD #F9E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E69979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.20

#E69979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E69979

9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E69979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E69979	1.00	2.28	9.20	9.20
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F88C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e69979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.103 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b7a0',
    500: '#e69979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e69979;
$custom-light: #f1b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e69979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.615,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75233,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E69979

secondary

#CDE4EE

accent

#99D015

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FEF6F2

border

#D6D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E69979

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

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