#E79E79#E79E79

#E79E79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.101 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79E79
RGB	rgb(231, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(20, 70%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(20, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 47.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 23.04, 30.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 38.06, 52.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.24% 0.0681 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(76.24% 0.101 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.6355, 42.8268, 23.7903)
Luminance	0.4282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79E79 #79C2E7

analogous

#E7798B #E79E79 #E7D579

triadic

#E79E79 #79E79E #9E79E7

tetradic

#E79E79 #8BE779 #79C2E7 #D579E7

square

#E79E79 #8BE779 #79C2E7 #D579E7

split-complementary

#E79E79 #79E7D5 #798BE7

monochromatic

#C35923 #DE7845 #E79E79 #F0C4AD #FAE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E79E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E79E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79E79

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79E79	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B579

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.101 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bba0',
    500: '#e79e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79e79;
$custom-light: #f1bba0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.182,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76239,
    "c": 0.10106,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79E79

secondary

#CEE3EE

accent

#92D214

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79E79

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

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