#E78B61#E78B61

#E78B61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.126 H 44.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B61
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 97)
HSL	hsl(19, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(19, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 31.06, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 48.46, 50.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0894 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.126 44.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3484, 36.3215, 15.9821)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B61 #61BDE7

analogous

#E7617A #E78B61 #E7CE61

triadic

#E78B61 #61E78B #8B61E7

tetradic

#E78B61 #7AE761 #61BDE7 #CE61E7

square

#E78B61 #7AE761 #61BDE7 #CE61E7

split-complementary

#E78B61 #61E7CE #617AE7

monochromatic

#B24B1B #DF642C #E78B61 #EFB296 #F7D9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78B61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#E78B61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B61

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B61	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4965D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.126 44.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad8e',
    500: '#e78b61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b61;
$custom-light: #f3ad8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.806,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 44.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B61

secondary

#BBDBE9

accent

#98D610

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B61

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

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