#E77C50#E77C50
#E77C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.145 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E77C50 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 124, 80) |
| HSL | hsl(17, 76%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(17, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 65.4%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.33, 37.72, 42.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.33, 56.49, 48.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.8% 0.107 0.0976) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.8% 0.145 42.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(41.6141, 31.9881, 11.5707) |
| Luminance | 0.3198 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 3.14
Coral
#FF7F50
ΔE00 4.24
Orangish
#FC824A
ΔE00 4.35
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 5.29
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 5.40
Terracotta
#C96F4A
ΔE00 6.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E77C50 #50BBE7
analogous
#E7506F #E77C50 #E7C750
triadic
#E77C50 #50E77C #7C50E7
tetradic
#E77C50 #6FE750 #50BBE7 #C750E7
square
#E77C50 #6FE750 #50BBE7 #C750E7
split-complementary
#E77C50 #50E7C7 #506FE7
monochromatic
#A64017 #DC551E #E77C50 #EEA486 #F6CDBC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.84
#E77C50 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.40
#E77C50 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E77C50
7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E77C50 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E77C50 | 1.00 | 2.84 | 7.40 | 7.40 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.40 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#998B4C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B3A24E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC6772
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e77c50; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 124, 80); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.145 42.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4a382',
500: '#e77c50',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e77c50; $custom-light: #f4a382; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e77c50",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 124,
"b": 80
},
"hsl": {
"h": 17.483,
"s": 75.879,
"l": 60.98
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69805,
"c": 0.14486,
"h": 42.4
},
"luminance": 0.31983
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E77C50
secondary
#ADD5E6
accent
#9DD80D
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FFF4EF
border
#D7CECA
text
#180F0A
muted
#867F7C