#E79D78#E79D78
#E79D78 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.102 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79D78 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 157, 120) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 70%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(20, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32%, 48.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 23.47, 30.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 38.49, 52.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.04% 0.0693 0.0751) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.04% 0.102 47.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4047, 42.4627, 23.4124) |
| Luminance | 0.4246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 4.04
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 4.12
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.60
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.50
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 7.35
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 7.64
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79D78 #78C2E7
analogous
#E7788B #E79D78 #E7D578
triadic
#E79D78 #78E79D #9D78E7
tetradic
#E79D78 #8BE778 #78C2E7 #D578E7
square
#E79D78 #8BE778 #78C2E7 #D578E7
split-complementary
#E79D78 #78E7D5 #788BE7
monochromatic
#C25823 #DE7744 #E79D78 #F0C3AC #F9E8E0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79D78 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#E79D78 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79D78
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79D78 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79D78 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.49 | 9.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A575
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C2B578
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99094
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79d78; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 157, 120); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.102 47.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1ba9f',
500: '#e79d78',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79d78; $custom-light: #f1ba9f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79d78",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 157,
"b": 120
},
"hsl": {
"h": 20,
"s": 69.811,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76041,
"c": 0.1022,
"h": 47.3
},
"luminance": 0.42459
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79D78
secondary
#CDE3EE
accent
#92D214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110E
muted
#85807E