#E79C4E#E79C4E
#E79C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 66.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.40, 20.78, 51.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.40, 55.19, 67.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.25% 0.0557 0.1169) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.25% 0.13 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2218, 41.3200, 12.7475) |
| Luminance | 0.4132 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.84
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.18
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C4E #4E99E7
analogous
#E74F4E #E79C4E #E6E74E
triadic
#E79C4E #4EE79C #9C4EE7
tetradic
#E79C4E #4EE74F #4E99E7 #E74EE6
square
#E79C4E #4EE74F #4E99E7 #E74EE6
split-complementary
#E79C4E #4EE6E7 #4F4EE7
monochromatic
#A45F16 #DA7E1E #E79C4E #EEBA84 #F6D8BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E79C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.26
#E79C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C4E
9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C4E | 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)
#B4A246
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B34F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b982',
500: '#e79c4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c4e; $custom-light: #f3b982; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.588,
"s": 76.119,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75249,
"c": 0.12954,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.41316
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C4E
secondary
#ABC8E5
accent
#71D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C