#E79C78#E79C78

#E79C78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.103 H 46.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C78
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 120)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(19, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 48.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.96, 24.01, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.96, 38.58, 51.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% 0.0709 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.103 46.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2362, 42.1257, 23.3562)
Luminance	0.4212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C78 #78C3E7

analogous

#E7788C #E79C78 #E7D378

triadic

#E79C78 #78E79C #9C78E7

tetradic

#E79C78 #8CE778 #78C3E7 #D378E7

square

#E79C78 #8CE778 #78C3E7 #D378E7

split-complementary

#E79C78 #78E7D3 #788CE7

monochromatic

#C25623 #DE7644 #E79C78 #F0C2AC #F9E8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E79C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#E79C78 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C78

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C78	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A475

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B478

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F98F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.103 46.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b99f',
    500: '#e79c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c78;
$custom-light: #f1b99f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.459,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 46.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C78

secondary

#CDE3EE

accent

#94D214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C78

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

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