#E79A42#E79A42

#E79A42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.137 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A42
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 71.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, 21.20, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 59.92, 69.27°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% 0.0553 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.137 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.4974, 40.4976, 10.5739)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A42 #428FE7

analogous

#E74742 #E79A42 #E2E742

triadic

#E79A42 #42E79A #9A42E7

tetradic

#E79A42 #42E747 #428FE7 #E742E2

square

#E79A42 #42E747 #428FE7 #E742E2

split-complementary

#E79A42 #42E2E7 #4742E7

monochromatic

#9B5C14 #D17C1B #E79A42 #EEB778 #F5D4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E79A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E79A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A42

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A42	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)

#B3A037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8887

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.137 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b77b',
    500: '#e79a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a42;
$custom-light: #f4b77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32,
    "s": 77.465,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74765,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A42

secondary

#A2C0E3

accent

#8DF434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A42

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

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