#E79D5E#E79D5E

#E79D5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.119 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E79D5E
RGB	rgb(231, 157, 94)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(28, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.81, 21.30, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.81, 48.61, 64.02°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% 0.0595 0.1029)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.119 60)
XYZ	xyz(47.0353, 41.9150, 16.2007)
Luminance	0.4191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E79D5E #5EA8E7

analogous

#E75E63 #E79D5E #E7E15E

triadic

#E79D5E #5EE79D #9D5EE7

tetradic

#E79D5E #63E75E #5EA8E7 #E15EE7

square

#E79D5E #63E75E #5EA8E7 #E15EE7

split-complementary

#E79D5E #5EE7E1 #5E63E7

monochromatic

#B05F1A #DF7D29 #E79D5E #EFBD93 #F7DEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#E79D5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.38

#E79D5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E79D5E

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E79D5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E79D5E	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)

#B4A358

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e79d5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.119 60.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ba8d',
    500: '#e79d5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e79d5e;
$custom-light: #f3ba8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e79d5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.591,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75627,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 60
  },
  "luminance": 0.41911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E79D5E

secondary

#B8D2E9

accent

#7BD60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17110C

muted

#85807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E79D5E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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