#E78A56#E78A56

#E78A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.132 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A56
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, 30.82, 42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 52.53, 54.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.18% 0.087 0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(72.18% 0.132 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7265, 35.8421, 13.4177)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A56 #56B3E7

analogous

#E7566B #E78A56 #E7D256

triadic

#E78A56 #56E78A #8A56E7

tetradic

#E78A56 #6BE756 #56B3E7 #D256E7

square

#E78A56 #6BE756 #56B3E7 #D256E7

split-complementary

#E78A56 #56E7D2 #566BE7

monochromatic

#AA4D18 #DF6520 #E78A56 #EFAF8C #F6D4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E78A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#E78A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A56

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A56	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49551

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.132 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad87',
    500: '#e78a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a56;
$custom-light: #f4ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.517,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72183,
    "c": 0.13216,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A56

secondary

#B2D4E7

accent

#8FD70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A56

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

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