#E79C51#E79C51

#E79C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.128 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C51
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 81)
HSL	hsl(30, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(30, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.43, 20.96, 49.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.43, 53.95, 67.14°)
OKLab	oklab(75.28% 0.0567 0.1144)
OKLCH	oklch(75.28% 0.128 63.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3319, 41.3640, 13.3269)
Luminance	0.4136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C51 #519CE7

analogous

#E75151 #E79C51 #E7E751

triadic

#E79C51 #51E79C #9C51E7

tetradic

#E79C51 #51E751 #519CE7 #E751E7

square

#E79C51 #51E751 #519CE7 #E751E7

split-complementary

#E79C51 #51E7E7 #5151E7

monochromatic

#A75F17 #DC7D1E #E79C51 #EEBB87 #F6D9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E79C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#E79C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C51

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C51	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.128 63.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b984',
    500: '#e79c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c51;
$custom-light: #f3b984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75283,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 63.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C51

secondary

#AECAE6

accent

#73D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C51

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

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