#E78D3E#E78D3E

#E78D3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.143 H 58.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78D3E
RGB	rgb(231, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(28, 78%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(28, 73%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 73.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 27.91, 54.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 61.43, 62.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0746 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.143 58.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3529, 36.3909, 9.2975)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78D3E #3E98E7

analogous

#E73E44 #E78D3E #E7E13E

triadic

#E78D3E #3EE78D #8D3EE7

tetradic

#E78D3E #44E73E #3E98E7 #E13EE7

square

#E78D3E #44E73E #3E98E7 #E13EE7

split-complementary

#E78D3E #3EE7E1 #3E44E7

monochromatic

#985113 #CE6E1A #E78D3E #EEAD74 #F5CDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#E78D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78D3E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78D3E	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)

#A89634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC797C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.143 58.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5af77',
    500: '#e78d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78d3e;
$custom-light: #f5af77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.047,
    "s": 77.88,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72426,
    "c": 0.14279,
    "h": 58.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78D3E

secondary

#9EC3E3

accent

#9AF433

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#181009

muted

#867F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78D3E

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

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