#E78E4C#E78E4C

#E78E4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.135 H 55.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E4C
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 76)
HSL	hsl(26, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(26, 67%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 67.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 28.10, 48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 56.04, 59.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% 0.0773 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.135 55.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.9359, 36.8611, 11.6371)
Luminance	0.3686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E4C #4CA5E7

analogous

#E74C58 #E78E4C #E7DB4C

triadic

#E78E4C #4CE78E #8E4CE7

tetradic

#E78E4C #58E74C #4CA5E7 #DB4CE7

square

#E78E4C #58E74C #4CA5E7 #DB4CE7

split-complementary

#E78E4C #4CE7DB #4C58E7

monochromatic

#A35216 #D96D1D #E78E4C #EEB082 #F5D2B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E78E4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#E78E4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E4C

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E4C	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89745

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7B7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.135 55.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4af80',
    500: '#e78e4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e4c;
$custom-light: #f4af80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.548,
    "s": 76.355,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 55.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E4C

secondary

#AACCE5

accent

#82D90D

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E4C

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