#E79C7E#E79C7E

#E79C7E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.100 H 42.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79C7E
RGB	rgb(231, 156, 126)
HSL	hsl(17, 69%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 45.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.06, 24.59, 27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.06, 36.59, 47.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% 0.0733 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.1 42.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6118, 42.2759, 25.3344)
Luminance	0.4227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79C7E #7EC9E7

analogous

#E77E94 #E79C7E #E7D17E

triadic

#E79C7E #7EE79C #9C7EE7

tetradic

#E79C7E #94E77E #7EC9E7 #D17EE7

square

#E79C7E #94E77E #7EC9E7 #D17EE7

split-complementary

#E79C7E #7EE7D1 #7E94E7

monochromatic

#C65325 #DD744A #E79C7E #F1C4B2 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E79C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.45

#E79C7E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79C7E

9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79C7E	1.00	2.22	9.45	9.45
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA47C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B47E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89094

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.100 42.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1b9a3',
    500: '#e79c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79c7e;
$custom-light: #f1b9a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 70
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 42.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79C7E

secondary

#D2E7EF

accent

#9BD115

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17110F

muted

#85807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79C7E

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

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