#E79B5C#E79B5C
#E79B5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.121 H 59.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79B5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 155, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 60.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.32, 22.22, 44.13) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.32, 49.41, 63.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.24% 0.062 0.1036) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.24% 0.121 59.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.6112, 41.2083, 15.6223) |
| Luminance | 0.4120 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.88
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.17
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.18
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.44
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.99
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79B5C #5CA8E7
analogous
#E75C62 #E79B5C #E7E05C
triadic
#E79B5C #5CE79B #9B5CE7
tetradic
#E79B5C #62E75C #5CA8E7 #E05CE7
square
#E79B5C #62E75C #5CA8E7 #E05CE7
split-complementary
#E79B5C #5CE7E0 #5C62E7
monochromatic
#AF5D1A #DF7A27 #E79B5C #EFBC91 #F7DCC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E79B5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.24
#E79B5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79B5C
9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79B5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79B5C | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.24 | 9.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A256
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8B8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79b5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.121 59.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b88c',
500: '#e79b5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79b5c; $custom-light: #f3b88c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79b5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 155,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.194,
"s": 74.332,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75238,
"c": 0.12077,
"h": 59.1
},
"luminance": 0.41204
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79B5C
secondary
#B7D2E8
accent
#7CD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D