#E78C5C#E78C5C

#E78C5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.128 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C5C
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 92)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 60.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, 30.17, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 50.13, 52.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% 0.086 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.128 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.2681, 36.5221, 14.8412)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C5C #5CB7E7

analogous

#E75C71 #E78C5C #E7D15C

triadic

#E78C5C #5CE78C #8C5CE7

tetradic

#E78C5C #71E75C #5CB7E7 #D15CE7

square

#E78C5C #71E75C #5CB7E7 #D15CE7

split-complementary

#E78C5C #5CE7D1 #5C71E7

monochromatic

#AF4D1A #DF6627 #E78C5C #EFB291 #F7D7C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E78C5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#E78C5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C5C

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C5C	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)

#A59758

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7B80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.128 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ae8b',
    500: '#e78c5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c5c;
$custom-light: #f3ae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.719,
    "s": 74.332,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C5C

secondary

#B7D7E8

accent

#92D60F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C5C

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

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