#E78B50#E78B50

#E78B50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.135 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B50
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(23, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(23, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.55, 29.92, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.55, 54.69, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(72.28% 0.0833 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(72.28% 0.135 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6390, 36.0377, 12.2456)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B50 #50ACE7

analogous

#E75060 #E78B50 #E7D750

triadic

#E78B50 #50E78B #8B50E7

tetradic

#E78B50 #60E750 #50ACE7 #D750E7

square

#E78B50 #60E750 #50ACE7 #D750E7

split-complementary

#E78B50 #50E7D7 #5060E7

monochromatic

#A64F17 #DC681E #E78B50 #EEAF86 #F6D2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E78B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E78B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B50

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B50	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC787D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.135 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad83',
    500: '#e78b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b50;
$custom-light: #f4ad83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.444,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72275,
    "c": 0.13464,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36033
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B50

secondary

#ADD0E6

accent

#89D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B50

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

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