#E79D61#E79D61

#E79D61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.117 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79D61
RGB	rgb(231, 157, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 21.52, 42.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 47.38, 62.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% 0.0606 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.117 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.1726, 41.9698, 16.9235)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79D61 #61ABE7

analogous

#E76168 #E79D61 #E7E061

triadic

#E79D61 #61E79D #9D61E7

tetradic

#E79D61 #68E761 #61ABE7 #E061E7

square

#E79D61 #68E761 #61ABE7 #E061E7

split-complementary

#E79D61 #61E7E0 #6168E7

monochromatic

#B25F1B #DF7C2C #E79D61 #EFBE96 #F7DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#E79D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79D61

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79D61	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A35C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B462

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8E8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.117 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba8f',
    500: '#e79d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79d61;
$custom-light: #f2ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.866,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75669,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79D61

secondary

#BBD4E9

accent

#7DD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79D61

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

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