#E79F5B#E79F5B
#E79F5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F5B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 60.6%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.24, 20.02, 45.73) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.24, 49.92, 66.36°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.95% 0.0553 0.107) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.95% 0.12 62.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2445, 42.5444, 15.6192) |
| Luminance | 0.4254 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.54
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.29
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.98
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.76
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F5B #5BA3E7
analogous
#E75B5D #E79F5B #E7E55B
triadic
#E79F5B #5BE79F #9F5BE7
tetradic
#E79F5B #5DE75B #5BA3E7 #E55BE7
square
#E79F5B #5DE75B #5BA3E7 #E55BE7
split-complementary
#E79F5B #5BE7E5 #5B5DE7
monochromatic
#AE6219 #DF8026 #E79F5B #EFBE90 #F7DEC6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79F5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.51
#E79F5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F5B
9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F5B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F5B | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.51 | 9.51 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.51 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A555
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B55C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F8F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f5b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 62.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb8b',
500: '#e79f5b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f5b; $custom-light: #f3bb8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f5b",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.143,
"s": 74.468,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75951,
"c": 0.12046,
"h": 62.7
},
"luminance": 0.42541
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F5B
secondary
#B6D0E8
accent
#76D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D