#E79F5E#E79F5E
#E79F5E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F5E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 74%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 59.3%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.28, 20.23, 44.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.28, 48.66, 65.43°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.99% 0.0564 0.1041) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.99% 0.118 61.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.3765, 42.5972, 16.3144) |
| Luminance | 0.4259 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.48
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.34
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.67
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.23
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.47
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F5E #5EA6E7
analogous
#E75E61 #E79F5E #E7E35E
triadic
#E79F5E #5EE79F #9F5EE7
tetradic
#E79F5E #61E75E #5EA6E7 #E35EE7
square
#E79F5E #61E75E #5EA6E7 #E35EE7
split-complementary
#E79F5E #5EE7E3 #5E61E7
monochromatic
#B0611A #DF7F29 #E79F5E #EFBF93 #F7DFC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.21
#E79F5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.52
#E79F5E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F5E
9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F5E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F5E | 1.00 | 2.21 | 9.52 | 9.52 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.21 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.52 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A558
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B55F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA8F90
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AEAEAE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f5e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 61.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bb8d',
500: '#e79f5e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f5e; $custom-light: #f3bb8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f5e",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.467,
"s": 74.054,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75991,
"c": 0.11841,
"h": 61.6
},
"luminance": 0.42593
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F5E
secondary
#B8D2E9
accent
#78D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D