#E79F61#E79F61

#E79F61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.116 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79F61
RGB	rgb(231, 159, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.32, 20.45, 42.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.32, 47.41, 64.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% 0.0574 0.1012)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.116 60.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.5137, 42.6521, 17.0372)
Luminance	0.4265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79F61 #61A9E7

analogous

#E76166 #E79F61 #E7E261

triadic

#E79F61 #61E79F #9F61E7

tetradic

#E79F61 #66E761 #61A9E7 #E261E7

square

#E79F61 #66E761 #61A9E7 #E261E7

split-complementary

#E79F61 #61E7E2 #6166E7

monochromatic

#B2611B #DF7F2C #E79F61 #EFBF96 #F7E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E79F61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E79F61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79F61

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79F61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79F61	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A55C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B562

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79f61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.116 60.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bb8f',
    500: '#e79f61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79f61;
$custom-light: #f2bb8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79f61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.761,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76032,
    "c": 0.11636,
    "h": 60.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79F61

secondary

#BBD4E9

accent

#7AD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79F61

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

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