Information about Brilliant Orange color

#E79C51 - Brilliant Orange color image

Basic facts about this digital color

The digital color #E79C51, known as "Brilliant Orange", is classified in the Register under the Orange Color Family, with High Saturation and Very Light brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(231, 156, 81) — 90.6% red, 61.2% green, 31.8% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 0 / 29 / 59 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

A strongly colored warm orange, #E79C51 appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a near neighbor of Faded Orange (#F0944D). Its next-closest registered neighbors are JPCD MUSTARD (#DDA256) and Porsche (#DF9D5B).

The recipe behind #E79C51 is rgb(231, 156, 81), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #E79C51 background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 9.3:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 2.3:1. This precise shade carries the officially registered name "Brilliant Orange" in the Register.

Brilliant Orange color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

Brilliant Orange color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
Brilliant Orange

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White

#FFFFFF

Brilliant Orange color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
Brilliant Orange

#E79C51
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Black

#000000

Brilliant Orange color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
Brilliant Orange

#E79C51
#D59556

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Grey

#808080

Brilliant Orange color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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Brilliant Orange

#E79C51
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Brilliant Orange color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Brilliant Orange

#E79C51

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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Brilliant Orange

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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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#E79C51
Brilliant Orange

#E79C51

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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
#E79C51
Brilliant Orange

#E79C51

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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
#E79C51
Brilliant Orange

#E79C51

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#509CE7
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#9C50E7
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Brilliant Orange

#E79C51

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#509CE7
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#E750E7
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Nearest named colors to Brilliant Orange

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity.

Faded Orange color link
Faded Orange

#F0944D

JPCD MUSTARD color link
JPCD MUSTARD

#DDA256

Porsche color link
Porsche

#DF9D5B

Golden Fallen Leaves color link
Golden Fallen Leaves

#E29C45

Sea Buckthorn color link
Sea Buckthorn

#EF9548

Indian Yellow color link
Indian Yellow

#E3A857

Lemon Ochre color link
Lemon Ochre

#E78F4A

Jasper Orange color link
Jasper Orange

#DE8F4E

Lolly Scramble color link
Lolly Scramble

#E99B41

Sunray color link
Sunray

#E3AB57

Big Foot Feet color link
Big Foot Feet

#E88E5A

Fire Bush color link
Fire Bush

#E09842

Brilliant Orange color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E79C51
  • RGB231, 156, 81
  • CMYK0, 29, 59, 9
  • CSSrgb(231, 156, 81)
  • HSL30°, 76%, 61%
  • HSL Precise30°, 75.758%, 61.176%
  • HSV30°, 65%, 91%
  • HSB30°, 65%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.906
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.612
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.318
  • GLSLvec3(0.906, 0.612, 0.318)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.906, 0.612, 0.318, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.906, 0.612, 0.318)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.6%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB61.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB31.8%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE79C51
  • DECIMAL ID15178833
  • Name Length16
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  • Counting from2025-01-01

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