#E79E69#E79E69
#E79E69 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E69 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 105) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 54.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 21.61, 38.48) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 44.13, 60.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.97% 0.062 0.0924) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.97% 0.111 56.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7345, 42.4664, 19.0446) |
| Luminance | 0.4246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.74
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.52
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.36
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.88
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.12
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.36
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E69 #69B2E7
analogous
#E76973 #E79E69 #E7DD69
triadic
#E79E69 #69E79E #9E69E7
tetradic
#E79E69 #73E769 #69B2E7 #DD69E7
square
#E79E69 #73E769 #69B2E7 #DD69E7
split-complementary
#E79E69 #69E7DD #6973E7
monochromatic
#B85F1D #DF7C34 #E79E69 #EFC09E #F8E2D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79E69 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#E79E69 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E69
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E69 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E69 | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.49 | 9.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A565
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B569
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F91
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e69; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 105); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 56.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bb95',
500: '#e79e69',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e69; $custom-light: #f2bb95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e69",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 105
},
"hsl": {
"h": 25.238,
"s": 72.414,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75968,
"c": 0.11122,
"h": 56.1
},
"luminance": 0.42463
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E69
secondary
#C1D9EB
accent
#82D411
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E