#E79F57#E79F57
#E79F57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 64.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F57 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 62%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 62.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.20, 19.75, 47.66) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.20, 51.59, 67.50°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.9% 0.0539 0.1107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.9% 0.123 64) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0765, 42.4772, 14.7345) |
| Luminance | 0.4247 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.09
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.45
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.50
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F57 #579FE7
analogous
#E75757 #E79F57 #E7E757
triadic
#E79F57 #57E79F #9F57E7
tetradic
#E79F57 #57E757 #579FE7 #E757E7
square
#E79F57 #57E757 #579FE7 #E757E7
split-complementary
#E79F57 #57E7E7 #5757E7
monochromatic
#AB6218 #DF8021 #E79F57 #EFBE8D #F6DCC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79F57 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.49
#E79F57 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F57
9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F57 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F57 | 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)
#B6A450
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B558
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F8E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f57; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 64.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb88',
500: '#e79f57',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f57; $custom-light: #f3bb88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f57",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 75,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75901,
"c": 0.12317,
"h": 64
},
"luminance": 0.42473
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F57
secondary
#B3CDE7
accent
#73D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18110B
muted
#86807C