#E9794E#E9794E

#E9794E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.150 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9794E
RGB	rgb(233, 121, 78)
HSL	hsl(17, 78%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.1%, 66.5%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 39.90, 42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 58.47, 46.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% 0.1132 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.15 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8205, 31.5533, 11.0943)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9794E #4EBEE9

analogous

#E94E70 #E9794E #E9C64E

triadic

#E9794E #4EE979 #794EE9

tetradic

#E9794E #70E94E #4EBEE9 #C64EE9

square

#E9794E #70E94E #4EBEE9 #C64EE9

split-complementary

#E9794E #4EE9C6 #4E70E9

monochromatic

#A83E15 #DE521C #E9794E #F0A284 #F7CBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#E9794E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#E9794E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9794E

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9794E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9794E	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97894A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FE636F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9794e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 121, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.150 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f6a181',
    500: '#e9794e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9794e;
$custom-light: #f6a181;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9794e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.645,
    "s": 77.889,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69577,
    "c": 0.15023,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9794E

secondary

#ACD6E7

accent

#A1DA0B

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9794E

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

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