#E89979#E89979

#E89979 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.105 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E89979
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(17, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.40, 26.09, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.40, 38.98, 47.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% 0.0773 0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.105 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.1237, 41.3226, 23.5270)
Luminance	0.4132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E89979 #79C8E8

analogous

#E87991 #E89979 #E8D179

triadic

#E89979 #79E899 #9979E8

tetradic

#E89979 #91E879 #79C8E8 #D179E8

square

#E89979 #91E879 #79C8E8 #D179E8

split-complementary

#E89979 #79E8D1 #7991E8

monochromatic

#C55122 #DF7145 #E89979 #F1C1AD #FAE9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#E89979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#E89979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E89979

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E89979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E89979	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e89979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.105 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b7a0',
    500: '#e89979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e89979;
$custom-light: #f2b7a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e89979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.297,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75463,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E89979

secondary

#CEE5EF

accent

#9BD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E89979

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

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