#E79E5F#E79E5F
#E79E5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.118 H 60.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 58.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.06, 20.84, 43.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.06, 48.22, 64.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.82% 0.0583 0.1026) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.82% 0.118 60.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2504, 42.2728, 16.4952) |
| Luminance | 0.4227 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.89
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.40
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.08
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E5F #5FA8E7
analogous
#E75F64 #E79E5F #E7E25F
triadic
#E79E5F #5FE79E #9E5FE7
tetradic
#E79E5F #64E75F #5FA8E7 #E25FE7
square
#E79E5F #64E75F #5FA8E7 #E25FE7
split-complementary
#E79E5F #5FE7E2 #5F64E7
monochromatic
#B1601B #DF7E2A #E79E5F #EFBE94 #F7DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79E5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.45
#E79E5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E5F
9.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E5F | 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)
#B4A459
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B460
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8E8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.118 60.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2ba8e',
500: '#e79e5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e5f; $custom-light: #f2ba8e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.794,
"s": 73.913,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75822,
"c": 0.11796,
"h": 60.4
},
"luminance": 0.42269
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E5F
secondary
#B9D3E9
accent
#7AD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D