#E79A50#E79A50

#E79A50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.129 H 62.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A50
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 80)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, 21.97, 49.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 54.30, 66.14°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% 0.0595 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.129 62.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9618, 40.6834, 13.0199)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A50 #509DE7

analogous

#E75051 #E79A50 #E7E550

triadic

#E79A50 #50E79A #9A50E7

tetradic

#E79A50 #51E750 #509DE7 #E550E7

square

#E79A50 #51E750 #509DE7 #E550E7

split-complementary

#E79A50 #50E7E5 #5051E7

monochromatic

#A65D17 #DC7B1E #E79A50 #EEB986 #F6D8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E79A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#E79A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A50

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A50	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.129 62.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b884',
    500: '#e79a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a50;
$custom-light: #f3b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.404,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.1287,
    "h": 62.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A50

secondary

#ADCAE6

accent

#75D80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A50

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

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