#E79249#E79249

#E79249 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.135 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79249
RGB	rgb(231, 146, 73)
HSL	hsl(28, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(28, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 25.81, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 57.08, 63.11°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.07 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.135 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.4399, 38.0320, 11.3025)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79249 #499EE7

analogous

#E7494F #E79249 #E7E149

triadic

#E79249 #49E792 #9249E7

tetradic

#E79249 #4FE749 #499EE7 #E149E7

square

#E79249 #4FE749 #499EE7 #E149E7

split-complementary

#E79249 #49E7E1 #494FE7

monochromatic

#A05615 #D7721C #E79249 #EEB27F #F5D3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#E79249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#E79249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79249

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79249	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8082

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 146, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.135 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b27f',
    500: '#e79249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79249;
$custom-light: #f4b27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.722,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73407,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79249

secondary

#A7C8E5

accent

#9BF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79249

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

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