#E79F63#E79F63
#E79F63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E79F63 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 159, 99) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 57%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 57.1%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.34, 20.60, 41.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.34, 46.59, 63.75°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.06% 0.0582 0.0992) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.06% 0.115 59.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6082, 42.6899, 17.5345) |
| Luminance | 0.4269 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.61
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.23
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.15
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.32
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.91
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E79F63 #63ABE7
analogous
#E76369 #E79F63 #E7E163
triadic
#E79F63 #63E79F #9F63E7
tetradic
#E79F63 #69E763 #63ABE7 #E163E7
square
#E79F63 #69E763 #63ABE7 #E163E7
split-complementary
#E79F63 #63E7E1 #6369E7
monochromatic
#B4611C #DF7E2E #E79F63 #EFC098 #F7E0CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E79F63 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.54
#E79F63 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E79F63
9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E79F63 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E79F63 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.54 | 9.54 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.54 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A55E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B564
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9091
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e79f63; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 159, 99); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 59.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bb91',
500: '#e79f63',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e79f63; $custom-light: #f2bb91; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e79f63",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 159,
"b": 99
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.273,
"s": 73.333,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76061,
"c": 0.11498,
"h": 59.6
},
"luminance": 0.42686
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E79F63
secondary
#BCD5EA
accent
#7CD510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D