#E79E77#E79E77
#E79E77 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.102 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79E77 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 158, 119) |
| HSL | hsl(21, 70%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(21, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.6%, 48.5%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.40, 22.85, 31.33) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.40, 38.77, 53.90°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.2% 0.0673 0.077) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.2% 0.102 48.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5142, 42.7783, 23.1511) |
| Luminance | 0.4278 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 4.60
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 4.79
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.93
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.99
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 7.27
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79E77 #77C0E7
analogous
#E77788 #E79E77 #E7D677
triadic
#E79E77 #77E79E #9E77E7
tetradic
#E79E77 #88E777 #77C0E7 #D677E7
square
#E79E77 #88E777 #77C0E7 #D677E7
split-complementary
#E79E77 #77E7D6 #7788E7
monochromatic
#C15A22 #DE7943 #E79E77 #F0C3AB #F9E8DF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E79E77 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#E79E77 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79E77
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79E77 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79E77 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B2A574
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B577
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99194
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79e77; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 158, 119); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.102 48.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bb9e',
500: '#e79e77',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79e77; $custom-light: #f1bb9e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79e77",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 158,
"b": 119
},
"hsl": {
"h": 20.893,
"s": 70,
"l": 68.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76203,
"c": 0.10225,
"h": 48.8
},
"luminance": 0.42775
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79E77
secondary
#CCE2EE
accent
#90D214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110E
muted
#85807E