#E79949#E79949

#E79949 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.133 H 63.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79949
RGB	rgb(231, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(30, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, 22.10, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 57.11, 67.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.65% 0.0589 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(74.65% 0.133 63.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.5522, 40.2566, 11.6733)
Luminance	0.4025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79949 #4997E7

analogous

#E74A49 #E79949 #E6E749

triadic

#E79949 #49E799 #9949E7

tetradic

#E79949 #49E74A #4997E7 #E749E6

square

#E79949 #49E74A #4997E7 #E749E6

split-complementary

#E79949 #49E6E7 #4A49E7

monochromatic

#A05C15 #D77B1C #E79949 #EEB77F #F5D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#E79949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#E79949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79949

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79949	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.133 63.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b77f',
    500: '#e79949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79949;
$custom-light: #f4b77f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.38,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74653,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 63.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79949

secondary

#A7C6E5

accent

#93F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79949

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

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