#E69A79#E69A79
#E69A79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.102 H 44.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E69A79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 154, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(18, 69%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(18, 47%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33%, 47.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.40, 24.77, 28.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.40, 38.07, 49.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.41% 0.0734 0.0714) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.41% 0.102 44.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6424, 41.3184, 23.5515) |
| Luminance | 0.4132 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 2.48
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 3.35
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.49
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 6.63
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 6.68
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 7.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E69A79 #79C5E6
analogous
#E6798F #E69A79 #E6D179
triadic
#E69A79 #79E69A #9A79E6
tetradic
#E69A79 #8FE679 #79C5E6 #D179E6
square
#E69A79 #8FE679 #79C5E6 #D179E6
split-complementary
#E69A79 #79E6D1 #798FE6
monochromatic
#C15324 #DC7345 #E69A79 #F0C1AD #F9E8E0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E69A79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.26
#E69A79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E69A79
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E69A79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E69A79 | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.26 | 9.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEA276
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B379
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88D91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e69a79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 154, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.102 44.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b8a0',
500: '#e69a79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e69a79; $custom-light: #f1b8a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e69a79",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 154,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 18.165,
"s": 68.553,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7541,
"c": 0.10243,
"h": 44.2
},
"luminance": 0.41315
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E69A79
secondary
#CDE4EE
accent
#98D015
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17110E
muted
#85807E