#E79D4C#E79D4C
#E79D4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 67.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.61, 20.13, 52.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.61, 56.05, 68.95°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.41% 0.0535 0.1192) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.41% 0.131 65.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3197, 41.6287, 12.4317) |
| Luminance | 0.4163 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.29
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.77
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.53
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.88
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D4C #4C96E7
analogous
#E74F4C #E79D4C #E3E74C
triadic
#E79D4C #4CE79D #9D4CE7
tetradic
#E79D4C #4CE74F #4C96E7 #E74CE3
square
#E79D4C #4CE74F #4C96E7 #E74CE3
split-complementary
#E79D4C #4CE3E7 #4F4CE7
monochromatic
#A35F16 #D97F1D #E79D4C #EEBB82 #F5D8B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E79D4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.32
#E79D4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D4C
9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D4C | 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)
#B5A343
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B44D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8C8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 65.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba81',
500: '#e79d4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d4c; $custom-light: #f3ba81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.355,
"s": 76.355,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7541,
"c": 0.13062,
"h": 65.8
},
"luminance": 0.41625
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D4C
secondary
#AAC6E5
accent
#6ED90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C