#E77C51#E77C51

#E77C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.144 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E77C51
RGB	rgb(231, 124, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, 37.78, 41.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 56.15, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.82% 0.1074 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(69.82% 0.144 42)
XYZ	xyz(41.6514, 32.0030, 11.7667)
Luminance	0.3200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E77C51 #51BCE7

analogous

#E75171 #E77C51 #E7C751

triadic

#E77C51 #51E77C #7C51E7

tetradic

#E77C51 #71E751 #51BCE7 #C751E7

square

#E77C51 #71E751 #51BCE7 #C751E7

split-complementary

#E77C51 #51E7C7 #5171E7

monochromatic

#A74017 #DC551E #E77C51 #EEA487 #F6CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#E77C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#E77C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E77C51

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E77C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E77C51	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)

#998B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC6872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e77c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 124, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.144 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a383',
    500: '#e77c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e77c51;
$custom-light: #f4a383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e77c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.2,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69818,
    "c": 0.14446,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.31998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E77C51

secondary

#AED6E6

accent

#9ED80E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E77C51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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