#E79A55#E79A55

#E79A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.126 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A55
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 85)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, 22.28, 47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 52.26, 64.77°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% 0.0612 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.126 60.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1535, 40.7601, 14.0293)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A55 #55A2E7

analogous

#E75559 #E79A55 #E7E355

triadic

#E79A55 #55E79A #9A55E7

tetradic

#E79A55 #59E755 #55A2E7 #E355E7

square

#E79A55 #59E755 #55A2E7 #E355E7

split-complementary

#E79A55 #55E7E3 #5559E7

monochromatic

#AA5D18 #DF7A20 #E79A55 #EFBA8B #F6DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#E79A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A55

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A55	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B256

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.126 60.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b887',
    500: '#e79a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a55;
$custom-light: #f3b887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.356,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.12555,
    "h": 60.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A55

secondary

#B1CDE7

accent

#78D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A55

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

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