#E78C50#E78C50

#E78C50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.134 H 52.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C50
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 80)
HSL	hsl(24, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(24, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 29.39, 46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 54.62, 57.45°)
OKLab	oklab(72.45% 0.0818 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.45% 0.134 52.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.7844, 36.3286, 12.2941)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C50 #50ABE7

analogous

#E7505F #E78C50 #E7D750

triadic

#E78C50 #50E78C #8C50E7

tetradic

#E78C50 #5FE750 #50ABE7 #D750E7

square

#E78C50 #5FE750 #50ABE7 #D750E7

split-complementary

#E78C50 #50E7D7 #505FE7

monochromatic

#A65017 #DC691E #E78C50 #EEAF86 #F6D3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#E78C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C50

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C50	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)

#A6964A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.134 52.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae83',
    500: '#e78c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c50;
$custom-light: #f4ae83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.841,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72446,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 52.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C50

secondary

#ADCFE6

accent

#88D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C50

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

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