#E79E5D#E79E5D
#E79E5D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.119 H 61.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E5D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 59.7%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.03, 20.69, 44.47) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.03, 49.05, 65.05°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.8% 0.0576 0.1045) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.8% 0.119 61.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1606, 42.2369, 16.0225) |
| Luminance | 0.4223 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.04
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.39
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.23
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.62
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E5D #5DA6E7
analogous
#E75D61 #E79E5D #E7E35D
triadic
#E79E5D #5DE79E #9E5DE7
tetradic
#E79E5D #61E75D #5DA6E7 #E35DE7
square
#E79E5D #61E75D #5DA6E7 #E35DE7
split-complementary
#E79E5D #5DE7E3 #5D61E7
monochromatic
#B0601A #DF7E28 #E79E5D #EFBE92 #F7DEC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79E5D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.45
#E79E5D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E5D
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E5D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E5D | 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)
#B4A457
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B45E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e5d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.119 61.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3ba8c',
500: '#e79e5d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e5d; $custom-light: #f3ba8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e5d",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.261,
"s": 74.194,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75795,
"c": 0.11932,
"h": 61.1
},
"luminance": 0.42233
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E5D
secondary
#B7D1E8
accent
#79D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D