#E79B5E#E79B5E
#E79B5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.119 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79B5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 155, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.35, 22.36, 43.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.35, 48.59, 62.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.27% 0.0627 0.1017) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.27% 0.119 58.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.6997, 41.2437, 16.0888) |
| Luminance | 0.4124 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.02
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.20
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.34
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.42
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.07
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79B5E #5EAAE7
analogous
#E75E65 #E79B5E #E7DF5E
triadic
#E79B5E #5EE79B #9B5EE7
tetradic
#E79B5E #65E75E #5EAAE7 #DF5EE7
square
#E79B5E #65E75E #5EAAE7 #DF5EE7
split-complementary
#E79B5E #5EE7DF #5E65E7
monochromatic
#B05D1A #DF7A29 #E79B5E #EFBC93 #F7DDC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E79B5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.25
#E79B5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79B5E
9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79B5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79B5E | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.25 | 9.25 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.25 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A259
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8B8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79b5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.119 58.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b88d',
500: '#e79b5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79b5e; $custom-light: #f3b88d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79b5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 155,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.715,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75266,
"c": 0.11948,
"h": 58.3
},
"luminance": 0.4124
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79B5E
secondary
#B8D3E9
accent
#7ED60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D