#E79A78#E79A78
#E79A78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 44.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79A78 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 154, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(18, 70%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(18, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 48.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.50, 25.07, 29.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.50, 38.79, 49.73°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.51% 0.0741 0.073) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.51% 0.104 44.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.9033, 41.4600, 23.2453) |
| Luminance | 0.4146 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 2.63
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 3.65
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.31
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 6.72
Blush (survey)
#F29E8E
ΔE00 6.87
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 7.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79A78 #78C5E7
analogous
#E7788E #E79A78 #E7D178
triadic
#E79A78 #78E79A #9A78E7
tetradic
#E79A78 #8EE778 #78C5E7 #D178E7
square
#E79A78 #8EE778 #78C5E7 #D178E7
split-complementary
#E79A78 #78E7D1 #788EE7
monochromatic
#C25323 #DE7344 #E79A78 #F0C1AC #F9E8E0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E79A78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.29
#E79A78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79A78
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79A78 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79A78 | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.29 | 9.29 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.29 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AEA375
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C0B378
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98D91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79a78; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 154, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 44.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b89f',
500: '#e79a78',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79a78; $custom-light: #f2b89f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79a78",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 154,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 18.378,
"s": 69.811,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75506,
"c": 0.10405,
"h": 44.6
},
"luminance": 0.41456
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79A78
secondary
#CDE4EE
accent
#98D214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110E
muted
#85807E