#E78A48#E78A48

#E78A48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.139 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A48
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(25, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(25, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.24, 29.99, 49.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.24, 57.80, 58.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0823 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.139 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2167, 35.6382, 10.7325)
Luminance	0.3563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A48 #48A5E7

analogous

#E74855 #E78A48 #E7DA48

triadic

#E78A48 #48E78A #8A48E7

tetradic

#E78A48 #55E748 #48A5E7 #DA48E7

square

#E78A48 #55E748 #48A5E7 #DA48E7

split-complementary

#E78A48 #48E7DA #4855E7

monochromatic

#A04F15 #D6691C #E78A48 #EEAD7E #F5CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E78A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#E78A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A48

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A48	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC777B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.139 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad7e',
    500: '#e78a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a48;
$custom-light: #f4ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.906,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72012,
    "c": 0.13923,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A48

secondary

#A6CBE4

accent

#A4F334

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A48

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

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