#E79172#E79172

#E79172 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.114 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79172
RGB	rgb(231, 145, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.2%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, 29.30, 30.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 41.97, 45.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0863 0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.114 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1204, 38.4587, 20.9106)
Luminance	0.3846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79172 #72C8E7

analogous

#E7728E #E79172 #E7CB72

triadic

#E79172 #72E791 #9172E7

tetradic

#E79172 #8EE772 #72C8E7 #CB72E7

square

#E79172 #8EE772 #72C8E7 #CB72E7

split-complementary

#E79172 #72E7CB #728EE7

monochromatic

#BE4A20 #DE683E #E79172 #F0BAA6 #F9E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#E79172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#E79172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79172

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79172	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 145, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.114 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b29b',
    500: '#e79172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79172;
$custom-light: #f2b29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.897,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73822,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79172

secondary

#C8E3ED

accent

#A0D313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79172

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

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