#E77E55#E77E55

#E77E55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.141 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E77E55
RGB	rgb(231, 126, 85)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(17, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.5%, 63.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, 37.00, 39.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.47, 47.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% 0.1057 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.141 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0590, 32.5711, 12.6645)
Luminance	0.3257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E77E55 #55BEE7

analogous

#E75575 #E77E55 #E7C755

triadic

#E77E55 #55E77E #7E55E7

tetradic

#E77E55 #75E755 #55BEE7 #C755E7

square

#E77E55 #75E755 #55BEE7 #C755E7

split-complementary

#E77E55 #55E7C7 #5575E7

monochromatic

#AA4118 #DF5520 #E77E55 #EFA78B #F6CFC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#E77E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#E77E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E77E55

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E77E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E77E55	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC6A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e77e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 126, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.141 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a586',
    500: '#e77e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e77e55;
$custom-light: #f4a586;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e77e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 75.258,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70192,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E77E55

secondary

#B1D8E7

accent

#9FD70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E77E55

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

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