#E79C5C#E79C5C
#E79C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 60.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.55, 21.69, 44.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.55, 49.42, 63.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.42% 0.0604 0.1043) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.42% 0.12 59.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.7783, 41.5425, 15.6780) |
| Luminance | 0.4154 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.70
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.44
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.96
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.77
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C5C #5CA7E7
analogous
#E75C61 #E79C5C #E7E25C
triadic
#E79C5C #5CE79C #9C5CE7
tetradic
#E79C5C #61E75C #5CA7E7 #E25CE7
square
#E79C5C #61E75C #5CA7E7 #E25CE7
split-complementary
#E79C5C #5CE7E2 #5C61E7
monochromatic
#AF5E1A #DF7C27 #E79C5C #EFBC91 #F7DDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E79C5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.31
#E79C5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C5C
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C5C | 1.00 | 2.26 | 9.31 | 9.31 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.26 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.31 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A256
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B35D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 59.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b98c',
500: '#e79c5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c5c; $custom-light: #f3b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.626,
"s": 74.332,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75419,
"c": 0.12049,
"h": 59.9
},
"luminance": 0.41539
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C5C
secondary
#B7D1E8
accent
#7BD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D