#E79C6A#E79C6A

#E79C6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C6A
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 106)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 54.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.74, 22.76, 37.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.74, 43.77, 58.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% 0.0655 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.111 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.4478, 41.8103, 19.2041)
Luminance	0.4181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C6A #6AB5E7

analogous

#E76A76 #E79C6A #E7DA6A

triadic

#E79C6A #6AE79C #9C6AE7

tetradic

#E79C6A #76E76A #6AB5E7 #DA6AE7

square

#E79C6A #76E76A #6AB5E7 #DA6AE7

split-complementary

#E79C6A #6AE7DA #6A76E7

monochromatic

#B95C1E #DF7935 #E79C6A #EFBF9F #F8E2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#E79C6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C6A

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C6A	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)

#B1A366

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b995',
    500: '#e79c6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c6a;
$custom-light: #f2b995;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24,
    "s": 72.254,
    "l": 66.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75623,
    "c": 0.11133,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C6A

secondary

#C2DBEB

accent

#86D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C6A

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

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