#E79A51#E79A51

#E79A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.128 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A51
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 81)
HSL	hsl(29, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, 22.03, 49.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 53.90, 65.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% 0.0599 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.128 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9990, 40.6983, 13.2159)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A51 #519EE7

analogous

#E75153 #E79A51 #E7E551

triadic

#E79A51 #51E79A #9A51E7

tetradic

#E79A51 #53E751 #519EE7 #E551E7

square

#E79A51 #53E751 #519EE7 #E551E7

split-complementary

#E79A51 #51E7E5 #5153E7

monochromatic

#A75D17 #DC7B1E #E79A51 #EEB987 #F6D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#E79A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#E79A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A51

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A51	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)

#B2A04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B252

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.128 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b884',
    500: '#e79a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a51;
$custom-light: #f3b884;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74921,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A51

secondary

#AECBE6

accent

#75D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A51

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

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