#E79779#E79779

#E79779 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.106 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79779
RGB	rgb(231, 151, 121)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.6%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 26.76, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 38.86, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(75% 0.0794 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.106 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.4754, 40.5065, 23.4036)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E79779 #79C9E7

analogous

#E77992 #E79779 #E7CE79

triadic

#E79779 #79E797 #9779E7

tetradic

#E79779 #92E779 #79C9E7 #CE79E7

square

#E79779 #92E779 #79C9E7 #CE79E7

split-complementary

#E79779 #79E7CE #7992E7

monochromatic

#C34E23 #DE6F45 #E79779 #F0BFAD #FAE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E79779 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E79779 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79779

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79779	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79779	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA077

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEB178

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79779;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 151, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.106 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b6a0',
    500: '#e79779',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79779;
$custom-light: #f2b6a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79779",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.364,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74996,
    "c": 0.10564,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79779

secondary

#CEE5EE

accent

#9ED214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79779

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

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