#E79A49#E79A49

#E79A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.133 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A49
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.88, 21.56, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.88, 57.14, 67.83°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0573 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.133 64.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7165, 40.5853, 11.7281)
Luminance	0.4058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A49 #4996E7

analogous

#E74B49 #E79A49 #E5E749

triadic

#E79A49 #49E79A #9A49E7

tetradic

#E79A49 #49E74B #4996E7 #E749E5

square

#E79A49 #49E74B #4996E7 #E749E5

split-complementary

#E79A49 #49E5E7 #4B49E7

monochromatic

#A05D15 #D77C1C #E79A49 #EEB87F #F5D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E79A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#E79A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A49

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A49	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.133 64.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b87f',
    500: '#e79a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a49;
$custom-light: #f4b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.759,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74833,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 64.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A49

secondary

#A7C5E5

accent

#91F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A49

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

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