#E79962#E79962
#E79962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.118 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79962 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 153, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 57.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.94, 23.72, 40.58) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.94, 47.00, 59.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.96% 0.0674 0.0964) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.96% 0.118 55.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.5538, 40.6572, 16.9487) |
| Luminance | 0.4065 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.49
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.21
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.04
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 5.91
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79962 #62B0E7
analogous
#E7626E #E79962 #E7DC62
triadic
#E79962 #62E799 #9962E7
tetradic
#E79962 #6EE762 #62B0E7 #DC62E7
square
#E79962 #6EE762 #62B0E7 #DC62E7
split-complementary
#E79962 #62E7DC #626EE7
monochromatic
#B35A1B #DF772D #E79962 #EFBB97 #F7DECC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.30
#E79962 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.13
#E79962 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79962
9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79962 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79962 | 1.00 | 2.30 | 9.13 | 9.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.30 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A15D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B262
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA898C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79962; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 153, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.118 55.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b790',
500: '#e79962',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79962; $custom-light: #f3b790; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79962",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 153,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.812,
"s": 73.481,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74964,
"c": 0.11764,
"h": 55.1
},
"luminance": 0.40653
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79962
secondary
#BBD6E9
accent
#84D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D