#E79C6C#E79C6C

#E79C6C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.110 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C6C
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 108)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 53.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.77, 22.93, 36.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.77, 43.00, 57.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% 0.0663 0.0878)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.11 53)
XYZ	xyz(47.5530, 41.8524, 19.7583)
Luminance	0.4185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C6C #6CB7E7

analogous

#E76C7A #E79C6C #E7DA6C

triadic

#E79C6C #6CE79C #9C6CE7

tetradic

#E79C6C #7AE76C #6CB7E7 #DA6CE7

square

#E79C6C #7AE76C #6CB7E7 #DA6CE7

split-complementary

#E79C6C #6CE7DA #6C7AE7

monochromatic

#BA5B1E #DE7937 #E79C6C #F0BFA1 #F8E3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E79C6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C6C

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C6C	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)

#B1A368

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.110 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b997',
    500: '#e79c6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c6c;
$custom-light: #f2b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.415,
    "s": 71.93,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75655,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.41849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C6C

secondary

#C3DCEB

accent

#88D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C6C

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

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