#E79C4C#E79C4C
#E79C4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 67.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.38, 20.67, 52.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.38, 56.00, 68.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.23% 0.0551 0.1186) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.23% 0.131 65.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1512, 41.2917, 12.3756) |
| Luminance | 0.4129 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.11
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.75
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.00
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.12
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.05
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C4C #4C97E7
analogous
#E74F4C #E79C4C #E4E74C
triadic
#E79C4C #4CE79C #9C4CE7
tetradic
#E79C4C #4CE74F #4C97E7 #E74CE4
square
#E79C4C #4CE74F #4C97E7 #E74CE4
split-complementary
#E79C4C #4CE4E7 #4F4CE7
monochromatic
#A35F16 #D97E1D #E79C4C #EEBA82 #F5D8B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E79C4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.26
#E79C4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C4C
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C4C | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.26 | 9.26 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.26 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A243
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B34D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8B8A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 65.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b981',
500: '#e79c4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c4c; $custom-light: #f3b981; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.968,
"s": 76.355,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75227,
"c": 0.13078,
"h": 65.1
},
"luminance": 0.41288
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C4C
secondary
#AAC6E5
accent
#6FD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C