#E78C48#E78C48

#E78C48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.138 H 55.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C48
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 72)
HSL	hsl(26, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, 28.93, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 57.68, 59.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0792 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.138 55.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.5063, 36.2174, 10.8291)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C48 #48A3E7

analogous

#E74854 #E78C48 #E7DB48

triadic

#E78C48 #48E78C #8C48E7

tetradic

#E78C48 #54E748 #48A3E7 #DB48E7

square

#E78C48 #54E748 #48A3E7 #DB48E7

split-complementary

#E78C48 #48E7DB #4854E7

monochromatic

#A05015 #D66B1C #E78C48 #EEAE7E #F5D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E78C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#E78C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C48

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C48	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.138 55.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae7e',
    500: '#e78c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c48;
$custom-light: #f4ae7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.66,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72353,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 55.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C48

secondary

#A6CAE4

accent

#A2F334

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C48

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

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