#E79D5B#E79D5B
#E79D5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.121 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 60.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.78, 21.08, 45.17) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.78, 49.85, 64.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.59% 0.0585 0.1058) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.59% 0.121 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9033, 41.8621, 15.5054) |
| Luminance | 0.4186 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.59
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.81
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.09
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D5B #5BA5E7
analogous
#E75B5F #E79D5B #E7E35B
triadic
#E79D5B #5BE79D #9D5BE7
tetradic
#E79D5B #5FE75B #5BA5E7 #E35BE7
square
#E79D5B #5FE75B #5BA5E7 #E35BE7
split-complementary
#E79D5B #5BE7E3 #5B5FE7
monochromatic
#AE6019 #DF7D26 #E79D5B #EFBD90 #F7DDC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E79D5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.37
#E79D5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D5B
9.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D5B | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.37 | 9.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A355
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.121 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8b',
500: '#e79d5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d5b; $custom-light: #f3ba8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.286,
"s": 74.468,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75587,
"c": 0.1209,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.41858
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D5B
secondary
#B6D0E8
accent
#78D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D