#E79D6E#E79D6E
#E79D6E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.108 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D6E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(23, 72%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(23, 52%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 52.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.03, 22.57, 35.65) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.03, 42.19, 57.66°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.87% 0.0654 0.0863) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.87% 0.108 52.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.8292, 42.2325, 20.3815) |
| Luminance | 0.4223 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.22
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.43
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.44
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.23
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.28
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 6.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D6E #6EB8E7
analogous
#E76E7C #E79D6E #E7DA6E
triadic
#E79D6E #6EE79D #9D6EE7
tetradic
#E79D6E #7CE76E #6EB8E7 #DA6EE7
square
#E79D6E #7CE76E #6EB8E7 #DA6EE7
split-complementary
#E79D6E #6EE7DA #6E7CE7
monochromatic
#BC5C1F #DE7A39 #E79D6E #F0C0A3 #F8E4D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79D6E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.45
#E79D6E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D6E
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D6E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D6E | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.45 | 9.45 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.45 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A46A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B46E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F98F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d6e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.108 52.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba98',
500: '#e79d6e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d6e; $custom-light: #f2ba98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d6e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 23.306,
"s": 71.598,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75868,
"c": 0.10834,
"h": 52.8
},
"luminance": 0.42229
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D6E
secondary
#C5DDEC
accent
#88D412
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110E
muted
#85807E