#E79E60#E79E60

#E79E60 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E60
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 96)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 58.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, 20.91, 42.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 47.80, 64.06°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% 0.0587 0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.117 60)
XYZ	xyz(47.2961, 42.2911, 16.7361)
Luminance	0.4229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E60 #60A9E7

analogous

#E76066 #E79E60 #E7E260

triadic

#E79E60 #60E79E #9E60E7

tetradic

#E79E60 #66E760 #60A9E7 #E260E7

square

#E79E60 #66E760 #60A9E7 #E260E7

split-complementary

#E79E60 #60E7E2 #6066E7

monochromatic

#B2601B #DF7E2B #E79E60 #EFBE95 #F7DFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E79E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#E79E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E60

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E60	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B561

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba8e',
    500: '#e79e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e60;
$custom-light: #f2ba8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75836,
    "c": 0.11729,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.42287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E60

secondary

#BAD3E9

accent

#7BD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E60

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

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