#E79A66#E79A66
#E79A66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.115 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79A66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 154, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 55.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.22, 23.50, 38.84) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.22, 45.40, 58.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.2% 0.0672 0.0929) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.2% 0.115 54.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9118, 41.0634, 18.0231) |
| Luminance | 0.4106 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.13
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.58
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.35
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.98
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 7.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79A66 #66B3E7
analogous
#E76672 #E79A66 #E7DA66
triadic
#E79A66 #66E79A #9A66E7
tetradic
#E79A66 #72E766 #66B3E7 #DA66E7
square
#E79A66 #72E766 #66B3E7 #DA66E7
split-complementary
#E79A66 #66E7DA #6672E7
monochromatic
#B65A1D #DF7731 #E79A66 #EFBD9B #F8E0D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E79A66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.21
#E79A66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79A66
9.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79A66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79A66 | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.21 | 9.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B0A162
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B266
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79a66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.115 54.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b892',
500: '#e79a66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79a66; $custom-light: #f2b892; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79a66",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 154,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.186,
"s": 72.881,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75202,
"c": 0.1147,
"h": 54.1
},
"luminance": 0.41059
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79A66
secondary
#BFD9EA
accent
#86D511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E