#E79F56#E79F56
#E79F56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 64.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 62.8%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.19, 19.68, 48.14) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.19, 52.01, 67.77°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.89% 0.0536 0.1117) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.89% 0.124 64.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0359, 42.4610, 14.5208) |
| Luminance | 0.4246 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.22
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.47
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.57
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F56 #569EE7
analogous
#E75756 #E79F56 #E7E756
triadic
#E79F56 #56E79F #9F56E7
tetradic
#E79F56 #56E757 #569EE7 #E756E7
square
#E79F56 #56E757 #569EE7 #E756E7
split-complementary
#E79F56 #56E7E7 #5756E7
monochromatic
#AA6218 #DF8120 #E79F56 #EFBD8C #F6DCC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79F56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#E79F56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F56
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F56 | 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)
#B6A44F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 64.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb88',
500: '#e79f56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f56; $custom-light: #f3bb88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f56",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.207,
"s": 75.13,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75889,
"c": 0.12384,
"h": 64.4
},
"luminance": 0.42457
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F56
secondary
#B2CCE7
accent
#72D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C