#E79477#E79477

#E79477 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.4% C 0.109 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79477
RGB	rgb(231, 148, 119)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.9%, 48.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.12, 28.17, 28.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.12, 39.95, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.43% 0.0834 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(74.43% 0.109 40)
XYZ	xyz(46.8773, 39.5046, 22.6054)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79477 #77CAE7

analogous

#E77792 #E79477 #E7CC77

triadic

#E79477 #77E794 #9477E7

tetradic

#E79477 #92E777 #77CAE7 #CC77E7

square

#E79477 #92E777 #77CAE7 #CC77E7

split-complementary

#E79477 #77E7CC #7792E7

monochromatic

#C14B22 #DE6B43 #E79477 #F0BDAB #F9E6DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E79477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#E79477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79477

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79477	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99E75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDB076

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9868D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 148, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.4% 0.109 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b49e',
    500: '#e79477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79477;
$custom-light: #f2b49e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.536,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74434,
    "c": 0.10887,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.39501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79477

secondary

#CCE5EE

accent

#A1D214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79477

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

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