#E79E44#E79E44

#E79E44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.135 H 68.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E44
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 68)
HSL	hsl(33, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 70.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.78, 19.17, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.78, 59.33, 71.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.51% 0.0495 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.51% 0.135 68.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2286, 41.8640, 11.1136)
Luminance	0.4186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E44 #448DE7

analogous

#E74C44 #E79E44 #DEE744

triadic

#E79E44 #44E79E #9E44E7

tetradic

#E79E44 #44E74C #448DE7 #E744DE

square

#E79E44 #44E74C #448DE7 #E744DE

split-complementary

#E79E44 #44DEE7 #4C44E7

monochromatic

#9D5F14 #D3801B #E79E44 #EEBA7A #F5D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.37

#E79E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E44

9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E44	1.00	2.24	9.37	9.37
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.135 68.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ba7c',
    500: '#e79e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e44;
$custom-light: #f4ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.129,
    "s": 77.251,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75513,
    "c": 0.13536,
    "h": 68.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E44

secondary

#A3C0E4

accent

#8AF434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18110A

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E44

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

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