#E78E50#E78E50

#E78E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.133 H 53.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E50
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 80)
HSL	hsl(25, 76%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(25, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 65.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, 28.33, 46.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 54.50, 58.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% 0.0786 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.133 53.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.0793, 36.9184, 12.3924)
Luminance	0.3691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E50 #50A9E7

analogous

#E7505D #E78E50 #E7D950

triadic

#E78E50 #50E78E #8E50E7

tetradic

#E78E50 #5DE750 #50A9E7 #D950E7

square

#E78E50 #5DE750 #50A9E7 #D950E7

split-complementary

#E78E50 #50E7D9 #505DE7

monochromatic

#A65217 #DC6C1E #E78E50 #EEB186 #F6D4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E78E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E78E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E50

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E50	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)

#A8984A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7C80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.133 53.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4af83',
    500: '#e78e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e50;
$custom-light: #f4af83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.636,
    "s": 75.879,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7279,
    "c": 0.13308,
    "h": 53.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E50

secondary

#ADCEE6

accent

#85D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E50

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

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