#E79B6A#E79B6A
#E79B6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.112 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79B6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 155, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.9%, 54.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.51, 23.29, 37.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.51, 43.81, 57.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0671 0.0893) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.112 53.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2807, 41.4761, 19.1484) |
| Luminance | 0.4147 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.82
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.05
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.76
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.77
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.46
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79B6A #6AB6E7
analogous
#E76A77 #E79B6A #E7D96A
triadic
#E79B6A #6AE79B #9B6AE7
tetradic
#E79B6A #77E76A #6AB6E7 #D96AE7
square
#E79B6A #77E76A #6AB6E7 #D96AE7
split-complementary
#E79B6A #6AE7D9 #6A77E7
monochromatic
#B95B1E #DF7835 #E79B6A #EFBE9F #F8E2D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E79B6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.29
#E79B6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79B6A
9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79B6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79B6A | 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)
#B1A266
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B36A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8C8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79b6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 155, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.112 53.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2b895',
500: '#e79b6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79b6a; $custom-light: #f2b895; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79b6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 155,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.52,
"s": 72.254,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75444,
"c": 0.11175,
"h": 53.1
},
"luminance": 0.41472
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79B6A
secondary
#C2DBEB
accent
#88D411
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E