#E79C72#E79C72

#E79C72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.106 H 49.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C72
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 114)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(22, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 50.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 23.45, 33.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 40.73, 54.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% 0.0686 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.106 49.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.8834, 41.9846, 21.4982)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C72 #72BDE7

analogous

#E77283 #E79C72 #E7D672

triadic

#E79C72 #72E79C #9C72E7

tetradic

#E79C72 #83E772 #72BDE7 #D672E7

square

#E79C72 #83E772 #72BDE7 #D672E7

split-complementary

#E79C72 #72E7D6 #7283E7

monochromatic

#BE5920 #DE773E #E79C72 #F0C1A6 #F9E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E79C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#E79C72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C72

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C72	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A46F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B472

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.106 49.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b99b',
    500: '#e79c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c72;
$custom-light: #f2b99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 67.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75755,
    "c": 0.10632,
    "h": 49.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C72

secondary

#C8E0ED

accent

#8ED313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C72

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

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