#E78C65#E78C65

#E78C65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.123 H 43.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78C65
RGB	rgb(231, 140, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, 30.84, 35.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 46.95, 48.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0893 0.0851)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.123 43.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.6851, 36.6889, 17.0377)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78C65 #65C0E7

analogous

#E7657F #E78C65 #E7CD65

triadic

#E78C65 #65E78C #8C65E7

tetradic

#E78C65 #7FE765 #65C0E7 #CD65E7

square

#E78C65 #7FE765 #65C0E7 #CD65E7

split-complementary

#E78C65 #65E7CD #657FE7

monochromatic

#B54A1C #DF6430 #E78C65 #EFB49A #F8DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#E78C65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#E78C65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78C65

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78C65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78C65	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78c65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 140, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.123 43.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ae91',
    500: '#e78c65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78c65;
$custom-light: #f3ae91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78c65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72744,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 43.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78C65

secondary

#BEDDEA

accent

#9AD510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78C65

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

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