#E78C4A#E78C4A

#E78C4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.137 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C4A
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 74)
HSL	hsl(25, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(25, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 68%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, 29.04, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 56.91, 59.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% 0.0798 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.137 54.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.5726, 36.2439, 11.1783)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C4A #4AA5E7

analogous

#E74A57 #E78C4A #E7DA4A

triadic

#E78C4A #4AE78C #8C4AE7

tetradic

#E78C4A #57E74A #4AA5E7 #DA4AE7

square

#E78C4A #57E74A #4AA5E7 #DA4AE7

split-complementary

#E78C4A #4AE7DA #4A57E7

monochromatic

#A15015 #D76B1D #E78C4A #EEAE80 #F5D1B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E78C4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#E78C4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C4A

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C4A	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69643

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC797D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.137 54.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae7f',
    500: '#e78c4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c4a;
$custom-light: #f4ae7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.223,
    "s": 76.585,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72375,
    "c": 0.13721,
    "h": 54.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C4A

secondary

#A8CBE5

accent

#A3F335

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C4A

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