#E78C5B#E78C5B

#E78C5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 48.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C5B
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 91)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 60.6%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.90, 30.10, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.90, 50.50, 53.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.59% 0.0856 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(72.59% 0.128 48.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2246, 36.5047, 14.6125)
Luminance	0.3650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C5B #5BB6E7

analogous

#E75B70 #E78C5B #E7D25B

triadic

#E78C5B #5BE78C #8C5BE7

tetradic

#E78C5B #70E75B #5BB6E7 #D25BE7

square

#E78C5B #70E75B #5BB6E7 #D25BE7

split-complementary

#E78C5B #5BE7D2 #5B70E7

monochromatic

#AE4E19 #DF6726 #E78C5B #EFB190 #F7D7C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E78C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#E78C5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C5B

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C5B	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59757

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 48.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ae8a',
    500: '#e78c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c5b;
$custom-light: #f3ae8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21,
    "s": 74.468,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72592,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 48.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C5B

secondary

#B6D6E8

accent

#91D70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C5B

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

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