#E79D4F#E79D4F
#E79D4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D4F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 79) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 66%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 65.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.64, 20.31, 50.92) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.64, 54.82, 68.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.44% 0.0545 0.1167) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.44% 0.129 65) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4265, 41.6714, 12.9939) |
| Luminance | 0.4167 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.63
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.01
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.11
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.19
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D4F #4F99E7
analogous
#E7514F #E79D4F #E5E74F
triadic
#E79D4F #4FE79D #9D4FE7
tetradic
#E79D4F #4FE751 #4F99E7 #E74FE5
square
#E79D4F #4FE751 #4F99E7 #E74FE5
split-complementary
#E79D4F #4FE5E7 #514FE7
monochromatic
#A56017 #DB7F1E #E79D4F #EEBB85 #F6D9BB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.25
#E79D4F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.33
#E79D4F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D4F
9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D4F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D4F | 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)
#B5A347
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B450
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8C8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d4f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 79); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 65.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba83',
500: '#e79d4f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d4f; $custom-light: #f3ba83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d4f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 79
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.789,
"s": 76,
"l": 60.784
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75442,
"c": 0.12873,
"h": 65
},
"luminance": 0.41667
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D4F
secondary
#ACC8E6
accent
#70D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C