#E79E55#E79E55

#E79E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 63.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E55
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(30, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 20.15, 48.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 52.38, 67.38°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% 0.0548 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.125 63.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.8247, 42.1025, 14.2530)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E55 #559EE7

analogous

#E75555 #E79E55 #E7E755

triadic

#E79E55 #55E79E #9E55E7

tetradic

#E79E55 #55E755 #559EE7 #E755E7

square

#E79E55 #55E755 #559EE7 #E755E7

split-complementary

#E79E55 #55E7E7 #5555E7

monochromatic

#AA6118 #DF7F20 #E79E55 #EFBD8B #F6DBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E79E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#E79E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E55

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E55	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 63.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba87',
    500: '#e79e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e55;
$custom-light: #f3ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75694,
    "c": 0.12467,
    "h": 63.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E55

secondary

#B1CCE7

accent

#73D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E55

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

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