#E79B50#E79B50
#E79B50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.410; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.128 H 63.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79B50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 155, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 65.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.19, 21.43, 49.93) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.19, 54.33, 66.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.09% 0.0579 0.1147) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.09% 0.128 63.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1275, 41.0149, 13.0752) |
| Luminance | 0.4101 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.46
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.15
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.62
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.68
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 5.89
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79B50 #509CE7
analogous
#E75050 #E79B50 #E7E650
triadic
#E79B50 #50E79B #9B50E7
tetradic
#E79B50 #50E750 #509CE7 #E650E7
square
#E79B50 #50E750 #509CE7 #E650E7
split-complementary
#E79B50 #50E7E6 #5050E7
monochromatic
#A65E17 #DC7C1E #E79B50 #EEBA86 #F6D9BC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.28
#E79B50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.20
#E79B50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79B50
9.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79B50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79B50 | 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)
#B3A148
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B351
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8A8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79b50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.128 63.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b884',
500: '#e79b50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79b50; $custom-light: #f3b884; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79b50",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 155,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.801,
"s": 75.879,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7509,
"c": 0.12848,
"h": 63.2
},
"luminance": 0.41011
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79B50
secondary
#ADCAE6
accent
#73D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C