#E79F51#E79F51
#E79F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.127 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 64.9%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.13, 19.36, 50.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.13, 54.09, 69.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.83% 0.0519 0.1161) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.83% 0.127 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8415, 42.3832, 13.4968) |
| Luminance | 0.4238 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.66
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.74
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.69
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.99
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.37
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F51 #5199E7
analogous
#E75451 #E79F51 #E4E751
triadic
#E79F51 #51E79F #9F51E7
tetradic
#E79F51 #51E754 #5199E7 #E751E4
square
#E79F51 #51E754 #5199E7 #E751E4
split-complementary
#E79F51 #51E4E7 #5451E7
monochromatic
#A76217 #DC811E #E79F51 #EEBD87 #F6DABD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.22
#E79F51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.48
#E79F51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F51
9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F51 | 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)
#B6A449
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B552
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB8E8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.127 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb84',
500: '#e79f51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f51; $custom-light: #f3bb84; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f51",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.2,
"s": 75.758,
"l": 61.176
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7583,
"c": 0.12716,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.42379
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F51
secondary
#AEC9E6
accent
#6FD80E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C