#E79C4F#E79C4F
#E79C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.129 H 64.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 65.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.41, 20.84, 50.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.41, 54.78, 67.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.26% 0.056 0.1161) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.26% 0.129 64.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.2580, 41.3344, 12.9377) |
| Luminance | 0.4133 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.69
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.61
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.70
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.28
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.23
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.23
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C4F #4F9AE7
analogous
#E7504F #E79C4F #E6E74F
triadic
#E79C4F #4FE79C #9C4FE7
tetradic
#E79C4F #4FE750 #4F9AE7 #E74FE6
square
#E79C4F #4FE750 #4F9AE7 #E74FE6
split-complementary
#E79C4F #4FE6E7 #504FE7
monochromatic
#A55F17 #DB7E1E #E79C4F #EEBA85 #F6D9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.27
#E79C4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.27
#E79C4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C4F
9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C4F | 1.00 | 2.27 | 9.27 | 9.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.27 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A247
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B350
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8B8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ACACAC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.129 64.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b983',
500: '#e79c4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c4f; $custom-light: #f3b983; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.395,
"s": 76,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7526,
"c": 0.1289,
"h": 64.2
},
"luminance": 0.4133
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C4F
secondary
#ACC9E6
accent
#71D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C