#E79C6D#E79C6D

#E79C6D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C6D
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 109)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(23, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 52.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 23.01, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 42.61, 57.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0667 0.0867)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.109 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.6065, 41.8738, 20.0402)
Luminance	0.4187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C6D #6DB8E7

analogous

#E76D7B #E79C6D #E7D96D

triadic

#E79C6D #6DE79C #9C6DE7

tetradic

#E79C6D #7BE76D #6DB8E7 #D96DE7

square

#E79C6D #7BE76D #6DB8E7 #D96DE7

split-complementary

#E79C6D #6DE7D9 #6D7BE7

monochromatic

#BB5B1F #DE7838 #E79C6D #F0C0A2 #F8E3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E79C6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C6D

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C6D	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)

#B1A369

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b997',
    500: '#e79c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c6d;
$custom-light: #f2b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.115,
    "s": 71.765,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75671,
    "c": 0.10941,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C6D

secondary

#C4DCEC

accent

#89D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C6D

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

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