#E79A56#E79A56

#E79A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.125 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A56
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 86)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(28, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, 22.34, 46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 51.85, 64.47°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% 0.0615 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.125 60.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1935, 40.7761, 14.2400)
Luminance	0.4077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A56 #56A3E7

analogous

#E7565B #E79A56 #E7E356

triadic

#E79A56 #56E79A #9A56E7

tetradic

#E79A56 #5BE756 #56A3E7 #E356E7

square

#E79A56 #5BE756 #56A3E7 #E356E7

split-complementary

#E79A56 #56E7E3 #565BE7

monochromatic

#AA5D18 #DF7A20 #E79A56 #EFBA8C #F6DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#E79A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A56

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A56	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)

#B2A150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB898A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.125 60.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b888',
    500: '#e79a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a56;
$custom-light: #f3b888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.138,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74981,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 60.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A56

secondary

#B2CEE7

accent

#79D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A56

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

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