#E79E63#E79E63

#E79E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E63
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 99)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 57.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 21.14, 41.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 46.57, 63.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.88% 0.0597 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(75.88% 0.115 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.4369, 42.3474, 17.4774)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E63 #63ACE7

analogous

#E7636A #E79E63 #E7E063

triadic

#E79E63 #63E79E #9E63E7

tetradic

#E79E63 #6AE763 #63ACE7 #E063E7

square

#E79E63 #6AE763 #63ACE7 #E063E7

split-complementary

#E79E63 #63E7E0 #636AE7

monochromatic

#B4601C #DF7D2E #E79E63 #EFBF98 #F7E0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E79E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E79E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E63

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E63	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba90',
    500: '#e79e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e63;
$custom-light: #f2ba90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.818,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75879,
    "c": 0.11525,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E63

secondary

#BCD5EA

accent

#7DD510

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E63

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

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