#E79D4E#E79D4E
#E79D4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D4E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 78) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 66.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.63, 20.25, 51.38) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.63, 55.23, 68.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.43% 0.0541 0.1175) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.43% 0.129 65.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.3903, 41.6569, 12.8036) |
| Luminance | 0.4165 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.99
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.68
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.92
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.25
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.22
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D4E #4E98E7
analogous
#E7504E #E79D4E #E5E74E
triadic
#E79D4E #4EE79D #9D4EE7
tetradic
#E79D4E #4EE750 #4E98E7 #E74EE5
square
#E79D4E #4EE750 #4E98E7 #E74EE5
split-complementary
#E79D4E #4EE5E7 #504EE7
monochromatic
#A46016 #DA7F1E #E79D4E #EEBB84 #F6D9BA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E79D4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.33
#E79D4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D4E
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D4E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D4E | 1.00 | 2.25 | 9.33 | 9.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.25 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A346
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B44F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8C8B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d4e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 78); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 65.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba82',
500: '#e79d4e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d4e; $custom-light: #f3ba82; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d4e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 78
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.98,
"s": 76.119,
"l": 60.588
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75431,
"c": 0.12937,
"h": 65.3
},
"luminance": 0.41653
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D4E
secondary
#ABC7E5
accent
#6FD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C