#E78C4E#E78C4E

#E78C4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 53.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C4E
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 78)
HSL	hsl(24, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, 29.27, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 55.38, 58.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0811 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.135 53.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7116, 36.2995, 11.9107)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C4E #4EA9E7

analogous

#E74E5C #E78C4E #E7D94E

triadic

#E78C4E #4EE78C #8C4EE7

tetradic

#E78C4E #5CE74E #4EA9E7 #D94EE7

square

#E78C4E #5CE74E #4EA9E7 #D94EE7

split-complementary

#E78C4E #4EE7D9 #4E5CE7

monochromatic

#A45016 #DA6A1E #E78C4E #EEAF84 #F6D2BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#E78C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C4E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C4E	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)

#A69648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 53.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae82',
    500: '#e78c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c4e;
$custom-light: #f4ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.314,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72422,
    "c": 0.13514,
    "h": 53.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C4E

secondary

#ABCEE5

accent

#86D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C4E

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