#E78A4F#E78A4F

#E78A4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.136 H 51.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A4F
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 79)
HSL	hsl(23, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 65.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, 30.38, 46.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 55.15, 56.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.09% 0.0846 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.09% 0.136 51.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.4582, 35.7348, 12.0044)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A4F #4FACE7

analogous

#E74F60 #E78A4F #E7D64F

triadic

#E78A4F #4FE78A #8A4FE7

tetradic

#E78A4F #60E74F #4FACE7 #D64FE7

square

#E78A4F #60E74F #4FACE7 #D64FE7

split-complementary

#E78A4F #4FE7D6 #4F60E7

monochromatic

#A54E17 #DB671E #E78A4F #EEAE85 #F6D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E78A4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E78A4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A4F

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A4F	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC777C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.136 51.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad82',
    500: '#e78a4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a4f;
$custom-light: #f4ad82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.289,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72093,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 51.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A4F

secondary

#ACCFE6

accent

#89D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A4F

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