#E79272#E79272

#E79272 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.113 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79272
RGB	rgb(231, 146, 114)
HSL	hsl(16, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(16, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.8%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 28.77, 30.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 41.81, 46.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74% 0.0847 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.113 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2739, 38.7656, 20.9618)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79272 #72C7E7

analogous

#E7728D #E79272 #E7CC72

triadic

#E79272 #72E792 #9272E7

tetradic

#E79272 #8DE772 #72C7E7 #CC72E7

square

#E79272 #8DE772 #72C7E7 #CC72E7

split-complementary

#E79272 #72E7CC #728DE7

monochromatic

#BE4C20 #DE6A3E #E79272 #F0BAA6 #F9E3DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#E79272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#E79272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79272

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79272	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89C6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9848A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 146, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.113 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b29b',
    500: '#e79272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79272;
$custom-light: #f2b29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.41,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73995,
    "c": 0.11273,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79272

secondary

#C8E3ED

accent

#9ED313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79272

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

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