#E79B4E#E79B4E
#E79B4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.130 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79B4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 155, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 66.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.17, 21.31, 50.86) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.17, 55.15, 67.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.07% 0.0573 0.1164) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.07% 0.13 63.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.0547, 40.9857, 12.6918) |
| Luminance | 0.4098 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.71
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.42
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.66
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.46
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.95
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79B4E #4E9AE7
analogous
#E74E4E #E79B4E #E6E74E
triadic
#E79B4E #4EE79B #9B4EE7
tetradic
#E79B4E #4EE74E #4E9AE7 #E74EE6
square
#E79B4E #4EE74E #4E9AE7 #E74EE6
split-complementary
#E79B4E #4EE6E7 #4E4EE7
monochromatic
#A45E16 #DA7D1E #E79B4E #EEB984 #F6D8BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E79B4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.20
#E79B4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79B4E
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79B4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79B4E | 1.00 | 2.28 | 9.20 | 9.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.28 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A146
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B24F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79b4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.130 63.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b882',
500: '#e79b4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79b4e; $custom-light: #f3b882; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79b4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 155,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.196,
"s": 76.119,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75067,
"c": 0.12972,
"h": 63.8
},
"luminance": 0.40982
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79B4E
secondary
#ABC8E5
accent
#72D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C