#E79E4B#E79E4B
#E79E4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 76%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 67.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.84, 19.54, 53.02) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.84, 56.51, 69.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.58% 0.0516 0.1205) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.58% 0.131 66.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.4551, 41.9547, 12.3067) |
| Luminance | 0.4195 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.50
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.98
Honey
#EB9605
ΔE00 5.59
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.82
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.09
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E4B #4B94E7
analogous
#E7504B #E79E4B #E2E74B
triadic
#E79E4B #4BE79E #9E4BE7
tetradic
#E79E4B #4BE750 #4B94E7 #E74BE2
square
#E79E4B #4BE750 #4B94E7 #E74BE2
split-complementary
#E79E4B #4BE2E7 #504BE7
monochromatic
#A26016 #D8801D #E79E4B #EEBB81 #F5D8B7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.24
#E79E4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.39
#E79E4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E4B
9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E4B | 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)
#B6A342
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B44D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8D8C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ADADAD
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 66.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba81',
500: '#e79e4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e4b; $custom-light: #f3ba81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.923,
"s": 76.471,
"l": 60
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75582,
"c": 0.13112,
"h": 66.8
},
"luminance": 0.41951
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E4B
secondary
#A9C5E5
accent
#8EF335
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110A
muted
#86807C