#E79C69#E79C69

#E79C69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.112 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C69
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 105)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 55%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 54.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 22.68, 37.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 44.17, 59.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.0652 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.112 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.3961, 41.7897, 18.9318)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C69 #69B4E7

analogous

#E76975 #E79C69 #E7DB69

triadic

#E79C69 #69E79C #9C69E7

tetradic

#E79C69 #75E769 #69B4E7 #DB69E7

square

#E79C69 #75E769 #69B4E7 #DB69E7

split-complementary

#E79C69 #69E7DB #6975E7

monochromatic

#B85C1D #DF7934 #E79C69 #EFBF9E #F8E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C69 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#E79C69 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C69

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C69	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C69	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A365

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B469

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c69;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 105);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.112 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b995',
    500: '#e79c69',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c69;
$custom-light: #f2b995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c69",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 105
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.286,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75607,
    "c": 0.11196,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C69

secondary

#C1DAEB

accent

#85D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C69

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

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