#E79E66#E79E66
#E79E66 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.113 H 57.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E66 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 56%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 55.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.15, 21.37, 39.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.15, 45.34, 61.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.92% 0.0608 0.0955) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.92% 0.113 57.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5830, 42.4058, 18.2469) |
| Luminance | 0.4240 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.20
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.19
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.57
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.79
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.82
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.82
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E66 #66AFE7
analogous
#E7666E #E79E66 #E7DF66
triadic
#E79E66 #66E79E #9E66E7
tetradic
#E79E66 #6EE766 #66AFE7 #DF66E7
square
#E79E66 #6EE766 #66AFE7 #DF66E7
split-complementary
#E79E66 #66E7DF #666EE7
monochromatic
#B65F1D #DF7C31 #E79E66 #EFC09B #F8E1D0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79E66 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.48
#E79E66 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E66
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E66 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E66 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.48 | 9.48 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.48 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B4A461
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B566
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e66; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.113 57.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bb93',
500: '#e79e66',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e66; $custom-light: #f2bb93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e66",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.047,
"s": 72.881,
"l": 65.294
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75923,
"c": 0.11322,
"h": 57.5
},
"luminance": 0.42402
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E66
secondary
#BFD7EA
accent
#80D511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E