#E79E6A#E79E6A
#E79E6A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.111 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E6A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 72%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 54.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.21, 21.69, 37.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.21, 43.73, 60.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.98% 0.0623 0.0913) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.98% 0.111 55.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7862, 42.4871, 19.3169) |
| Luminance | 0.4248 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.95
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.66
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.31
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.92
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.55
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E6A #6AB3E7
analogous
#E76A74 #E79E6A #E7DC6A
triadic
#E79E6A #6AE79E #9E6AE7
tetradic
#E79E6A #74E76A #6AB3E7 #DC6AE7
square
#E79E6A #74E76A #6AB3E7 #DC6AE7
split-complementary
#E79E6A #6AE7DC #6A74E7
monochromatic
#B95E1E #DF7C35 #E79E6A #EFC09F #F8E3D3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79E6A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.50
#E79E6A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E6A
9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E6A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E6A | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.50 | 9.50 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.50 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A566
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C4B56A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99091
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e6a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.111 55.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bb95',
500: '#e79e6a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e6a; $custom-light: #f2bb95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e6a",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.96,
"s": 72.254,
"l": 66.078
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75984,
"c": 0.11055,
"h": 55.7
},
"luminance": 0.42483
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E6A
secondary
#C2DAEB
accent
#83D411
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E