#E79D5C#E79D5C
#E79D5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 60.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 60.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.79, 21.15, 44.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.79, 49.44, 64.67°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.6% 0.0588 0.1049) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.6% 0.12 60.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9468, 41.8795, 15.7341) |
| Luminance | 0.4188 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.58
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.75
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.78
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.01
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D5C #5CA6E7
analogous
#E75C60 #E79D5C #E7E35C
triadic
#E79D5C #5CE79D #9D5CE7
tetradic
#E79D5C #60E75C #5CA6E7 #E35CE7
square
#E79D5C #60E75C #5CA6E7 #E35CE7
split-complementary
#E79D5C #5CE7E3 #5C60E7
monochromatic
#AF5F1A #DF7D27 #E79D5C #EFBD91 #F7DDC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E79D5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#E79D5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D5C
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D5C | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.38 | 9.38 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.38 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A356
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 60.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8c',
500: '#e79d5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d5c; $custom-light: #f3ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.058,
"s": 74.332,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.756,
"c": 0.12024,
"h": 60.7
},
"luminance": 0.41876
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D5C
secondary
#B7D1E8
accent
#79D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D