#E79E61#E79E61

#E79E61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.117 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E61
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 97)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(27, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.08, 20.98, 42.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.08, 47.39, 63.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% 0.059 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.117 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3425, 42.3096, 16.9801)
Luminance	0.4231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E61 #61AAE7

analogous

#E76167 #E79E61 #E7E161

triadic

#E79E61 #61E79E #9E61E7

tetradic

#E79E61 #67E761 #61AAE7 #E161E7

square

#E79E61 #67E761 #61AAE7 #E161E7

split-complementary

#E79E61 #61E7E1 #6167E7

monochromatic

#B2601B #DF7D2C #E79E61 #EFBF96 #F7DFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E79E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#E79E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E61

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E61	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)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.117 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba8f',
    500: '#e79e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e61;
$custom-light: #f2ba8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.313,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.11661,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E61

secondary

#BBD4E9

accent

#7CD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E61

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

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