#E79E5A#E79E5A
#E79E5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.121 H 62.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 61%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.00, 20.48, 45.94) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.00, 50.30, 65.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.76% 0.0565 0.1074) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.76% 0.121 62.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0304, 42.1848, 15.3364) |
| Luminance | 0.4218 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.54
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.44
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.12
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E5A #5AA3E7
analogous
#E75A5C #E79E5A #E7E45A
triadic
#E79E5A #5AE79E #9E5AE7
tetradic
#E79E5A #5CE75A #5AA3E7 #E45AE7
square
#E79E5A #5CE75A #5AA3E7 #E45AE7
split-complementary
#E79E5A #5AE7E4 #5A5CE7
monochromatic
#AD6119 #DF7F25 #E79E5A #EFBD8F #F7DDC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.23
#E79E5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.44
#E79E5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E5A
9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E5A | 1.00 | 2.23 | 9.44 | 9.44 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.23 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.44 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A454
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.121 62.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8a',
500: '#e79e5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e5a; $custom-light: #f3ba8a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.936,
"s": 74.603,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75756,
"c": 0.12134,
"h": 62.2
},
"luminance": 0.42181
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E5A
secondary
#B5CFE8
accent
#76D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110C
muted
#86807D