#E79C5D#E79C5D
#E79C5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.120 H 59.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 59.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.57, 21.76, 43.91) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.57, 49.01, 63.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.43% 0.0608 0.1033) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.43% 0.12 59.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8223, 41.5601, 15.9097) |
| Luminance | 0.4156 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.73
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.42
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.06
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.64
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.79
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C5D #5DA8E7
analogous
#E75D63 #E79C5D #E7E15D
triadic
#E79C5D #5DE79C #9C5DE7
tetradic
#E79C5D #63E75D #5DA8E7 #E15DE7
square
#E79C5D #63E75D #5DA8E7 #E15DE7
split-complementary
#E79C5D #5DE7E1 #5D63E7
monochromatic
#B05E1A #DF7B28 #E79C5D #EFBD92 #F7DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.26
#E79C5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.31
#E79C5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C5D
9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C5D | 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)
#B3A257
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B35E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.120 59.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b98c',
500: '#e79c5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c5d; $custom-light: #f3b98c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.391,
"s": 74.194,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75432,
"c": 0.11983,
"h": 59.5
},
"luminance": 0.41556
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C5D
secondary
#B7D2E8
accent
#7BD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D