#E79D5F#E79D5F
#E79D5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.419; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.118 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 58.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.82, 21.37, 43.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.82, 48.20, 63.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.64% 0.0599 0.1019) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.64% 0.118 59.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0805, 41.9330, 16.4385) |
| Luminance | 0.4193 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.68
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.07
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.62
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.79
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.33
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D5F #5FA9E7
analogous
#E75F65 #E79D5F #E7E15F
triadic
#E79D5F #5FE79D #9D5FE7
tetradic
#E79D5F #65E75F #5FA9E7 #E15FE7
square
#E79D5F #65E75F #5FA9E7 #E15FE7
split-complementary
#E79D5F #5FE7E1 #5F65E7
monochromatic
#B15F1B #DF7C2A #E79D5F #EFBE94 #F7DEC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E79D5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E79D5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D5F
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D5F | 1.00 | 2.24 | 9.39 | 9.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.24 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A359
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B460
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8D8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.118 59.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8e',
500: '#e79d5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d5f; $custom-light: #f3ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.353,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75641,
"c": 0.11822,
"h": 59.6
},
"luminance": 0.41929
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D5F
secondary
#B9D3E9
accent
#7CD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D