#E79C6E#E79C6E

#E79C6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.109 H 51.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C6E
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 110)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(23, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 52.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.80, 23.10, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.80, 42.23, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0671 0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.109 51.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6607, 41.8955, 20.3253)
Luminance	0.4189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C6E #6EB9E7

analogous

#E76E7D #E79C6E #E7D96E

triadic

#E79C6E #6EE79C #9C6EE7

tetradic

#E79C6E #7DE76E #6EB9E7 #D96EE7

square

#E79C6E #7DE76E #6EB9E7 #D96EE7

split-complementary

#E79C6E #6EE7D9 #6E7DE7

monochromatic

#BC5B1F #DE7839 #E79C6E #F0C0A3 #F8E4D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79C6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#E79C6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C6E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C6E	1.00	2.24	9.38	9.38
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A36A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B46E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.109 51.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b998',
    500: '#e79c6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c6e;
$custom-light: #f2b998;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.81,
    "s": 71.598,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75688,
    "c": 0.10879,
    "h": 51.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C6E

secondary

#C5DDEC

accent

#8AD412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C6E

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

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