#E79C49#E79C49

#E79C49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C49
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(32, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(32, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 20.50, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 57.22, 69.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.0542 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.133 65.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0494, 41.2510, 11.8390)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C49 #4994E7

analogous

#E74D49 #E79C49 #E3E749

triadic

#E79C49 #49E79C #9C49E7

tetradic

#E79C49 #49E74D #4994E7 #E749E3

square

#E79C49 #49E74D #4994E7 #E749E3

split-complementary

#E79C49 #49E3E7 #4D49E7

monochromatic

#A05E15 #D77E1C #E79C49 #EEB97F #F5D7B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E79C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#E79C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C49

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C49	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 65.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b97f',
    500: '#e79c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c49;
$custom-light: #f4b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.519,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.13261,
    "h": 65.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C49

secondary

#A7C4E5

accent

#8FF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C49

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

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