#E78950#E78950

#E78950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.136 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78950
RGB	rgb(231, 137, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 30.97, 45.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 54.86, 55.63°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% 0.0865 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.136 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.3520, 35.4639, 12.1500)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78950 #50AEE7

analogous

#E75062 #E78950 #E7D450

triadic

#E78950 #50E789 #8950E7

tetradic

#E78950 #62E750 #50AEE7 #D450E7

square

#E78950 #62E750 #50AEE7 #D450E7

split-complementary

#E78950 #50E7D4 #5062E7

monochromatic

#A64D17 #DC661E #E78950 #EEAD86 #F6D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#E78950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#E78950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78950

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78950	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3944A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC767C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 137, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.136 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ac83',
    500: '#e78950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78950;
$custom-light: #f4ac83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.649,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71936,
    "c": 0.13578,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78950

secondary

#ADD0E6

accent

#8CD80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78950

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

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