#E79B59#E79B59

#E79B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.123 H 60.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79B59
RGB	rgb(231, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.29, 22.01, 45.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.29, 50.63, 64.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.061 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.123 60.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4826, 41.1569, 14.9452)
Luminance	0.4115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79B59 #59A5E7

analogous

#E7595E #E79B59 #E7E259

triadic

#E79B59 #59E79B #9B59E7

tetradic

#E79B59 #5EE759 #59A5E7 #E259E7

square

#E79B59 #5EE759 #59A5E7 #E259E7

split-complementary

#E79B59 #59E7E2 #595EE7

monochromatic

#AD5E19 #DF7B24 #E79B59 #EFBB8E #F6DBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#E79B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.23

#E79B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79B59

9.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79B59	1.00	2.28	9.23	9.23
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8B8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.123 60.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b88a',
    500: '#e79b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79b59;
$custom-light: #f3b88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.887,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75199,
    "c": 0.12272,
    "h": 60.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79B59

secondary

#B4D0E8

accent

#7AD70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79B59

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

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