#E78D48#E78D48

#E78D48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.138 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78D48
RGB	rgb(231, 141, 72)
HSL	hsl(26, 77%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(26, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 68.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, 28.41, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 57.63, 60.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% 0.0776 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.138 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.6530, 36.5109, 10.8780)
Luminance	0.3651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78D48 #48A2E7

analogous

#E74852 #E78D48 #E7DD48

triadic

#E78D48 #48E78D #8D48E7

tetradic

#E78D48 #52E748 #48A2E7 #DD48E7

square

#E78D48 #52E748 #48A2E7 #DD48E7

split-complementary

#E78D48 #48E7DD #4852E7

monochromatic

#A05115 #D66D1C #E78D48 #EEAF7E #F5D0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#E78D48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#E78D48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78D48

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78D48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78D48	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)

#A79741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7A7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78d48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 141, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.138 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4af7e',
    500: '#e78d48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78d48;
$custom-light: #f4af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78d48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.038,
    "s": 76.812,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72525,
    "c": 0.13777,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78D48

secondary

#A6C9E4

accent

#A1F334

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78D48

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

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