#E79B56#E79B56

#E79B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.125 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79B56
RGB	rgb(231, 155, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.25, 21.81, 47.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.25, 51.87, 65.13°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.0599 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.125 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3592, 41.1075, 14.2953)
Luminance	0.4110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79B56 #56A2E7

analogous

#E75659 #E79B56 #E7E456

triadic

#E79B56 #56E79B #9B56E7

tetradic

#E79B56 #59E756 #56A2E7 #E456E7

square

#E79B56 #59E756 #56A2E7 #E456E7

split-complementary

#E79B56 #56E7E4 #5659E7

monochromatic

#AA5E18 #DF7B20 #E79B56 #EFBB8C #F6DAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E79B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#E79B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79B56

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79B56	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.125 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b888',
    500: '#e79b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79b56;
$custom-light: #f3b888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.552,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75161,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79B56

secondary

#B2CEE7

accent

#78D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79B56

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

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