#E79E64#E79E64

#E79E64 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.115 H 58.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E64
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 100)
HSL	hsl(27, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 56.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 21.21, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 46.16, 62.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% 0.0601 0.0976)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.115 58.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.4850, 42.3666, 17.7308)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E64 #64ADE7

analogous

#E7646C #E79E64 #E7E064

triadic

#E79E64 #64E79E #9E64E7

tetradic

#E79E64 #6CE764 #64ADE7 #E064E7

square

#E79E64 #6CE764 #64ADE7 #E064E7

split-complementary

#E79E64 #64E7E0 #646CE7

monochromatic

#B5601C #DF7D2F #E79E64 #EFBF99 #F7E0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#E79E64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#E79E64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E64

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E64	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)

#B4A45F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.115 58.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ba91',
    500: '#e79e64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e64;
$custom-light: #f2ba91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.565,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75893,
    "c": 0.11458,
    "h": 58.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E64

secondary

#BDD6EA

accent

#7ED510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E64

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

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