#E79849#E79849

#E79849 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79849
RGB	rgb(231, 152, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.2%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 22.63, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 57.09, 66.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.47% 0.0605 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(74.47% 0.133 63)
XYZ	xyz(45.3892, 39.9306, 11.6190)
Luminance	0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79849 #4998E7

analogous

#E74949 #E79849 #E7E749

triadic

#E79849 #49E798 #9849E7

tetradic

#E79849 #49E749 #4998E7 #E749E7

square

#E79849 #49E749 #4998E7 #E749E7

split-complementary

#E79849 #49E7E7 #4949E7

monochromatic

#A05B15 #D7791C #E79849 #EEB77F #F5D5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E79849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#E79849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79849

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79849	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 152, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 63.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b67f',
    500: '#e79849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79849;
$custom-light: #f4b67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74473,
    "c": 0.13339,
    "h": 63
  },
  "luminance": 0.39926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79849

secondary

#A7C6E5

accent

#94F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79849

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

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