#E78C4F#E78C4F

#E78C4F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.135 H 52.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C4F
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 79)
HSL	hsl(24, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 65.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 29.33, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 55.00, 57.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0814 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.135 52.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7478, 36.3140, 12.1010)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C4F #4FAAE7

analogous

#E74F5E #E78C4F #E7D84F

triadic

#E78C4F #4FE78C #8C4FE7

tetradic

#E78C4F #5EE74F #4FAAE7 #D84FE7

square

#E78C4F #5EE74F #4FAAE7 #D84FE7

split-complementary

#E78C4F #4FE7D8 #4F5EE7

monochromatic

#A55017 #DB6A1E #E78C4F #EEAF85 #F6D2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78C4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#E78C4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C4F

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C4F	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)

#A69649

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.135 52.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae82',
    500: '#e78c4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c4f;
$custom-light: #f4ae82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.079,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72434,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 52.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C4F

secondary

#ACCFE6

accent

#87D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C4F

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

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