#E79C6B#E79C6B

#E79C6B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.111 H 53.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C6B
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 107)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 53.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.75, 22.84, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.75, 43.38, 58.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% 0.0659 0.0889)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.111 53.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5001, 41.8313, 19.4796)
Luminance	0.4183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C6B #6BB6E7

analogous

#E76B78 #E79C6B #E7DA6B

triadic

#E79C6B #6BE79C #9C6BE7

tetradic

#E79C6B #78E76B #6BB6E7 #DA6BE7

square

#E79C6B #78E76B #6BB6E7 #DA6BE7

split-complementary

#E79C6B #6BE7DA #6B78E7

monochromatic

#BA5C1E #DE7936 #E79C6B #F0BFA0 #F8E2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E79C6B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C6B

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C6B	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A367

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.111 53.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b996',
    500: '#e79c6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c6b;
$custom-light: #f2b996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.71,
    "s": 72.093,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.11068,
    "h": 53.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C6B

secondary

#C3DBEB

accent

#87D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C6B

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

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