#E79D56#E79D56

#E79D56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79D56
RGB	rgb(231, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.72, 20.75, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.72, 51.92, 66.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% 0.0568 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.124 62.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.6948, 41.7787, 14.4071)
Luminance	0.4178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79D56 #56A0E7

analogous

#E75658 #E79D56 #E7E556

triadic

#E79D56 #56E79D #9D56E7

tetradic

#E79D56 #58E756 #56A0E7 #E556E7

square

#E79D56 #58E756 #56A0E7 #E556E7

split-complementary

#E79D56 #56E7E5 #5658E7

monochromatic

#AA6018 #DF7E20 #E79D56 #EFBC8C #F6DBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.35

#E79D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79D56

9.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79D56	1.00	2.24	9.35	9.35
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 62.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba88',
    500: '#e79d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79d56;
$custom-light: #f3ba88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.379,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75524,
    "c": 0.12421,
    "h": 62.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79D56

secondary

#B2CDE7

accent

#75D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79D56

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

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