#E79C5F#E79C5F
#E79C5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.119 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79C5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 156, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.5%, 58.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.59, 21.90, 42.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.59, 48.19, 62.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.46% 0.0615 0.1013) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.46% 0.119 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9120, 41.5960, 16.3824) |
| Luminance | 0.4159 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.85
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.44
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.30
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.53
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.86
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79C5F #5FAAE7
analogous
#E75F66 #E79C5F #E7E05F
triadic
#E79C5F #5FE79C #9C5FE7
tetradic
#E79C5F #66E75F #5FAAE7 #E05FE7
square
#E79C5F #66E75F #5FAAE7 #E05FE7
split-complementary
#E79C5F #5FE7E0 #5F66E7
monochromatic
#B15E1B #DF7B2A #E79C5F #EFBD94 #F7DEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E79C5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.32
#E79C5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79C5F
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79C5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79C5F | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.32 | 9.32 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.32 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A35A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B360
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79c5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 156, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.119 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b98e',
500: '#e79c5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79c5f; $custom-light: #f3b98e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79c5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 156,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.912,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7546,
"c": 0.11851,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.41592
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79C5F
secondary
#B9D3E9
accent
#7DD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D