#E77E51#E77E51

#E77E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.143 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E77E51
RGB	rgb(231, 126, 81)
HSL	hsl(18, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 64.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.76, 36.75, 42.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.76, 55.83, 48.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.14% 0.1042 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(70.14% 0.143 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.9045, 32.5093, 11.8511)
Luminance	0.3251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E77E51 #51BAE7

analogous

#E7516F #E77E51 #E7C951

triadic

#E77E51 #51E77E #7E51E7

tetradic

#E77E51 #6FE751 #51BAE7 #C951E7

square

#E77E51 #6FE751 #51BAE7 #C951E7

split-complementary

#E77E51 #51E7C9 #516FE7

monochromatic

#A74217 #DC571E #E77E51 #EEA687 #F6CEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#E77E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#E77E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E77E51

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E77E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E77E51	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8C4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC6A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e77e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 126, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.143 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a583',
    500: '#e77e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e77e51;
$custom-light: #f4a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e77e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 75.758,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70137,
    "c": 0.14287,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E77E51

secondary

#AED5E6

accent

#9BD80E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E77E51

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

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