#E78A64#E78A64

#E78A64 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.125 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A64
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 100)
HSL	hsl(17, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(17, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 56.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 31.82, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 47.57, 48.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0921 0.085)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.125 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.3468, 36.0903, 16.6847)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A64 #64C1E7

analogous

#E7647F #E78A64 #E7CC64

triadic

#E78A64 #64E78A #8A64E7

tetradic

#E78A64 #7FE764 #64C1E7 #CC64E7

square

#E78A64 #7FE764 #64C1E7 #CC64E7

split-complementary

#E78A64 #64E7CC #647FE7

monochromatic

#B5481C #DF622F #E78A64 #EFB299 #F7DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E78A64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#E78A64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A64

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A64	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.125 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad91',
    500: '#e78a64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a64;
$custom-light: #f3ad91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.405,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7239,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A64

secondary

#BDDDEA

accent

#9CD510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A64

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

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