#E78D61#E78D61

#E78D61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.125 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78D61
RGB	rgb(231, 141, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, 30.01, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 48.22, 51.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% 0.0862 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.125 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.6407, 36.9060, 16.0795)
Luminance	0.3690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78D61 #61BBE7

analogous

#E76178 #E78D61 #E7D061

triadic

#E78D61 #61E78D #8D61E7

tetradic

#E78D61 #78E761 #61BBE7 #D061E7

square

#E78D61 #78E761 #61BBE7 #D061E7

split-complementary

#E78D61 #61E7D0 #6178E7

monochromatic

#B24D1B #DF672C #E78D61 #EFB396 #F7DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E78D61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E78D61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78D61

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78D61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78D61	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78d61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 141, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.125 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af8f',
    500: '#e78d61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78d61;
$custom-light: #f3af8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78d61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.701,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72851,
    "c": 0.12465,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78D61

secondary

#BBDAE9

accent

#95D610

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78D61

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

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