#E79B49#E79B49

#E79B49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 65.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79B49
RGB	rgb(231, 155, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(31, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, 21.03, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 57.18, 68.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% 0.0557 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.133 65.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8822, 40.9167, 11.7833)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79B49 #4995E7

analogous

#E74C49 #E79B49 #E4E749

triadic

#E79B49 #49E79B #9B49E7

tetradic

#E79B49 #49E74C #4995E7 #E749E4

square

#E79B49 #49E74C #4995E7 #E749E4

split-complementary

#E79B49 #49E4E7 #4C49E7

monochromatic

#A05D15 #D77D1C #E79B49 #EEB97F #F5D6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#E79B49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#E79B49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79B49

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79B49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79B49	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A140

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79b49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 65.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b87f',
    500: '#e79b49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79b49;
$custom-light: #f4b87f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79b49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.139,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75014,
    "c": 0.13278,
    "h": 65.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79B49

secondary

#A7C5E5

accent

#90F335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79B49

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

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