#E78A50#E78A50

#E78A50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.135 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A50
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 30.44, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 54.77, 56.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.0849 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.135 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.4948, 35.7495, 12.1976)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A50 #50ADE7

analogous

#E75061 #E78A50 #E7D550

triadic

#E78A50 #50E78A #8A50E7

tetradic

#E78A50 #61E750 #50ADE7 #D550E7

square

#E78A50 #61E750 #50ADE7 #D550E7

split-complementary

#E78A50 #50E7D5 #5061E7

monochromatic

#A64E17 #DC671E #E78A50 #EEAE86 #F6D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#E78A50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#E78A50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A50

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A50	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)

#A4954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC777D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.135 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad83',
    500: '#e78a50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a50;
$custom-light: #f4ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.046,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72105,
    "c": 0.1352,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35745
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A50

secondary

#ADD0E6

accent

#8AD80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A50

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

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