#E79F50#E79F50
#E79F50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.128 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 65.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.12, 19.30, 50.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.12, 54.51, 69.26°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.82% 0.0516 0.1169) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.82% 0.128 66.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8043, 42.3684, 13.3007) |
| Luminance | 0.4236 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.11
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.73
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.82
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.09
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F50 #5098E7
analogous
#E75350 #E79F50 #E3E750
triadic
#E79F50 #50E79F #9F50E7
tetradic
#E79F50 #50E753 #5098E7 #E750E3
square
#E79F50 #50E753 #5098E7 #E750E3
split-complementary
#E79F50 #50E3E7 #5350E7
monochromatic
#A66217 #DC811E #E79F50 #EEBD86 #F6DABC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79F50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.47
#E79F50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F50
9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F50 | 1.00 | 2.22 | 9.47 | 9.47 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.22 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.47 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A448
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B551
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8E8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.128 66.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb84',
500: '#e79f50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f50; $custom-light: #f3bb84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f50",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.391,
"s": 75.879,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75819,
"c": 0.12781,
"h": 66.2
},
"luminance": 0.42364
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F50
secondary
#ADC8E6
accent
#6ED80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C