#E79679#E79679

#E79679 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.106 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79679
RGB	rgb(231, 150, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.1%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, 27.30, 27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 39.02, 45.60°)
OKLab	oklab(74.82% 0.081 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(74.82% 0.106 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3151, 40.1860, 23.3502)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79679 #79CAE7

analogous

#E77993 #E79679 #E7CD79

triadic

#E79679 #79E796 #9679E7

tetradic

#E79679 #93E779 #79CAE7 #CD79E7

square

#E79679 #93E779 #79CAE7 #CD79E7

split-complementary

#E79679 #79E7CD #7993E7

monochromatic

#C34D23 #DE6D45 #E79679 #F0BFAD #FAE7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E79679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#E79679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79679

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79679	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9898F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 150, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.106 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b5a0',
    500: '#e79679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79679;
$custom-light: #f2b5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.818,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7482,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79679

secondary

#CEE6EE

accent

#A0D214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79679

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

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