#E78E4E#E78E4E

#E78E4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.134 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E4E
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(25, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(25, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 66.2%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, 28.21, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 55.27, 59.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0779 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.134 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0065, 36.8893, 12.0090)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E4E #4EA7E7

analogous

#E74E5A #E78E4E #E7DA4E

triadic

#E78E4E #4EE78E #8E4EE7

tetradic

#E78E4E #5AE74E #4EA7E7 #DA4EE7

square

#E78E4E #5AE74E #4EA7E7 #DA4EE7

split-complementary

#E78E4E #4EE7DA #4E5AE7

monochromatic

#A45216 #DA6C1E #E78E4E #EEB084 #F6D3BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E78E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E78E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E4E

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E4E	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)

#A89848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.134 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4af82',
    500: '#e78e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e4e;
$custom-light: #f4af82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.098,
    "s": 76.119,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72766,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E4E

secondary

#ABCDE5

accent

#83D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E4E

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

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