#E79A59#E79A59

#E79A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.123 H 59.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79A59
RGB	rgb(231, 154, 89)
HSL	hsl(27, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(27, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.05, 22.54, 45.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.05, 50.62, 63.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% 0.0626 0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.123 59.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3169, 40.8254, 14.8900)
Luminance	0.4082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79A59 #59A6E7

analogous

#E7595F #E79A59 #E7E159

triadic

#E79A59 #59E79A #9A59E7

tetradic

#E79A59 #5FE759 #59A6E7 #E159E7

square

#E79A59 #5FE759 #59A6E7 #E159E7

split-complementary

#E79A59 #59E7E1 #595FE7

monochromatic

#AD5D19 #DF7924 #E79A59 #EFBB8E #F6DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#E79A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79A59

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79A59	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8A8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.123 59.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b88a',
    500: '#e79a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79a59;
$custom-light: #f3b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.465,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75019,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 59.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79A59

secondary

#B4D0E8

accent

#7BD70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79A59

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

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