#E79959#E79959

#E79959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.123 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79959
RGB	rgb(231, 153, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 23.07, 45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 50.62, 62.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.84% 0.0641 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.84% 0.123 58.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.1525, 40.4967, 14.8352)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79959 #59A7E7

analogous

#E75960 #E79959 #E7E059

triadic

#E79959 #59E799 #9959E7

tetradic

#E79959 #60E759 #59A7E7 #E059E7

square

#E79959 #60E759 #59A7E7 #E059E7

split-complementary

#E79959 #59E7E0 #5960E7

monochromatic

#AD5C19 #DF7824 #E79959 #EFBA8E #F6DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E79959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E79959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79959

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79959	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)

#B0A053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 153, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.123 58.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b789',
    500: '#e79959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79959;
$custom-light: #f3b789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.042,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74839,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 58.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79959

secondary

#B4D0E8

accent

#7DD70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79959

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

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