#E79979#E79979

#E79979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.104 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79979
RGB	rgb(231, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(17, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.28, 25.70, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.28, 38.58, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% 0.0761 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.104 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.8000, 41.1557, 23.5118)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79979 #79C7E7

analogous

#E77990 #E79979 #E7D079

triadic

#E79979 #79E799 #9979E7

tetradic

#E79979 #90E779 #79C7E7 #D079E7

square

#E79979 #90E779 #79C7E7 #D079E7

split-complementary

#E79979 #79E7D0 #7990E7

monochromatic

#C35123 #DE7145 #E79979 #F0C1AD #FAE8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E79979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E79979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79979

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79979	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B278

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.104 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b7a0',
    500: '#e79979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79979;
$custom-light: #f2b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.455,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75348,
    "c": 0.1042,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79979

secondary

#CEE5EE

accent

#9AD214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79979

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

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