#E79969#E79969

#E79969 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.113 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79969
RGB	rgb(231, 153, 105)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 54.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, 24.28, 37.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 44.28, 56.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.07% 0.07 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(75.07% 0.113 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8989, 40.7953, 18.7661)
Luminance	0.4079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79969 #69B7E7

analogous

#E76978 #E79969 #E7D869

triadic

#E79969 #69E799 #9969E7

tetradic

#E79969 #78E769 #69B7E7 #D869E7

square

#E79969 #78E769 #69B7E7 #D869E7

split-complementary

#E79969 #69E7D8 #6978E7

monochromatic

#B8581D #DF7534 #E79969 #EFBD9E #F8E1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79969 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E79969 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79969

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79969	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79969	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA165

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B269

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79969;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 153, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.113 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b794',
    500: '#e79969',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79969;
$custom-light: #f2b794;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79969",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.857,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7507,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79969

secondary

#C1DBEB

accent

#8AD411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79969

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

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