#E79F59#E79F59

#E79F59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79F59
RGB	rgb(231, 159, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 19.88, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 50.75, 66.94°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% 0.0546 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.122 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1594, 42.5104, 15.1708)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79F59 #59A1E7

analogous

#E7595A #E79F59 #E7E659

triadic

#E79F59 #59E79F #9F59E7

tetradic

#E79F59 #5AE759 #59A1E7 #E659E7

square

#E79F59 #5AE759 #59A1E7 #E659E7

split-complementary

#E79F59 #59E7E6 #595AE7

monochromatic

#AD6219 #DF8024 #E79F59 #EFBE8E #F6DDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#E79F59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#E79F59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79F59

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79F59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79F59	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79f59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bb8a',
    500: '#e79f59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79f59;
$custom-light: #f3bb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79f59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.577,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75926,
    "c": 0.12182,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79F59

secondary

#B4CEE8

accent

#74D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79F59

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

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