#E79E51#E79E51

#E79E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.127 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E51
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 81)
HSL	hsl(31, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(31, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 19.90, 50.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 54.04, 68.40°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% 0.0535 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.127 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.6702, 42.0407, 13.4397)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E51 #519AE7

analogous

#E75351 #E79E51 #E5E751

triadic

#E79E51 #51E79E #9E51E7

tetradic

#E79E51 #51E753 #519AE7 #E751E5

square

#E79E51 #51E753 #519AE7 #E751E5

split-complementary

#E79E51 #51E5E7 #5351E7

monochromatic

#A76117 #DC801E #E79E51 #EEBC87 #F6DABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E79E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#E79E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E51

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E51	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8D8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.127 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba84',
    500: '#e79e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e51;
$custom-light: #f3ba84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.8,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75647,
    "c": 0.1273,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E51

secondary

#AEC9E6

accent

#70D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E51

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

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