#E79D5D#E79D5D
#E79D5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.120 H 60.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 59.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.80, 21.22, 44.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.80, 49.02, 64.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.61% 0.0592 0.1039) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.61% 0.12 60.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.9908, 41.8971, 15.9659) |
| Luminance | 0.4189 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.58
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.72
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.87
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.93
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D5D #5DA7E7
analogous
#E75D62 #E79D5D #E7E25D
triadic
#E79D5D #5DE79D #9D5DE7
tetradic
#E79D5D #62E75D #5DA7E7 #E25DE7
square
#E79D5D #62E75D #5DA7E7 #E25DE7
split-complementary
#E79D5D #5DE7E2 #5D62E7
monochromatic
#B05F1A #DF7D28 #E79D5D #EFBD92 #F7DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E79D5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.38
#E79D5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D5D
9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D5D | 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)
#B4A357
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B45E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.120 60.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8c',
500: '#e79d5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d5d; $custom-light: #f3ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.826,
"s": 74.194,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75614,
"c": 0.11956,
"h": 60.3
},
"luminance": 0.41893
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D5D
secondary
#B7D2E8
accent
#7AD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D