#E79C44#E79C44

#E79C44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C44
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 70.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.31, 20.24, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.31, 59.22, 70.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% 0.0527 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.136 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8902, 41.1873, 11.0008)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C44 #448FE7

analogous

#E74A44 #E79C44 #E0E744

triadic

#E79C44 #44E79C #9C44E7

tetradic

#E79C44 #44E74A #448FE7 #E744E0

square

#E79C44 #44E74A #448FE7 #E744E0

split-complementary

#E79C44 #44E0E7 #4A44E7

monochromatic

#9D5E14 #D37E1B #E79C44 #EEB97A #F5D5B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E79C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#E79C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C44

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C44	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A13A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8A89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b97c',
    500: '#e79c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c44;
$custom-light: #f4b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.393,
    "s": 77.251,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75147,
    "c": 0.13558,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C44

secondary

#A3C1E4

accent

#8CF434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C44

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

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