#E79E59#E79E59

#E79E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 62.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E59
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 89)
HSL	hsl(29, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(29, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.99, 20.41, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.99, 50.71, 66.26°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% 0.0562 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.122 62.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.9881, 42.1679, 15.1137)
Luminance	0.4216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E59 #59A2E7

analogous

#E7595B #E79E59 #E7E559

triadic

#E79E59 #59E79E #9E59E7

tetradic

#E79E59 #5BE759 #59A2E7 #E559E7

square

#E79E59 #5BE759 #59A2E7 #E559E7

split-complementary

#E79E59 #59E7E5 #595BE7

monochromatic

#AD6119 #DF7F24 #E79E59 #EFBD8E #F6DCC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#E79E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.43

#E79E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E59

9.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E59	1.00	2.23	9.43	9.43
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A453

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8E8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 62.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba8a',
    500: '#e79e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e59;
$custom-light: #f3ba8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.155,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75743,
    "c": 0.12201,
    "h": 62.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E59

secondary

#B4CFE8

accent

#76D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E59

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

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