#E78C56#E78C56

#E78C56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.131 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C56
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, 29.77, 43.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 52.35, 55.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0838 0.1006)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.131 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0161, 36.4213, 13.5142)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C56 #56B1E7

analogous

#E75668 #E78C56 #E7D556

triadic

#E78C56 #56E78C #8C56E7

tetradic

#E78C56 #68E756 #56B1E7 #D556E7

square

#E78C56 #68E756 #56B1E7 #D556E7

split-complementary

#E78C56 #56E7D5 #5668E7

monochromatic

#AA4F18 #DF6820 #E78C56 #EFB08C #F6D5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78C56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#E78C56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C56

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C56	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.131 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ae87',
    500: '#e78c56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c56;
$custom-light: #f4ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.345,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C56

secondary

#B2D3E7

accent

#8CD70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C56

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

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