#E78E5C#E78E5C
#E78E5C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.127 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E78E5C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(231, 142, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(22, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(22, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 60.2%, 9.4%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.36, 29.12, 40.57) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.36, 49.94, 54.33°) |
| OKLab | oklab(72.95% 0.0828 0.0958) |
| OKLCH | oklch(72.95% 0.127 49.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(44.5630, 37.1119, 14.9395) |
| Luminance | 0.3711 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 4.70
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.04
Dusty Orange
#F0833A
ΔE00 5.07
Orangish
#FC824A
ΔE00 5.26
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.57
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 6.61
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E78E5C #5CB5E7
analogous
#E75C6F #E78E5C #E7D45C
triadic
#E78E5C #5CE78E #8E5CE7
tetradic
#E78E5C #6FE75C #5CB5E7 #D45CE7
square
#E78E5C #6FE75C #5CB5E7 #D45CE7
split-complementary
#E78E5C #5CE7D4 #5C6FE7
monochromatic
#AF4F1A #DF6927 #E78E5C #EFB391 #F7D8C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.49
#E78E5C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.42
#E78E5C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E78E5C
8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E78E5C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E78E5C | 1.00 | 2.49 | 8.42 | 8.42 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.49 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.42 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A79858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAC5C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB7D82
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e78e5c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.127 49.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3af8b',
500: '#e78e5c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e78e5c; $custom-light: #f3af8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e78e5c",
"rgb": {
"r": 231,
"g": 142,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 21.583,
"s": 74.332,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.72948,
"c": 0.12663,
"h": 49.2
},
"luminance": 0.37108
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E78E5C
secondary
#B7D6E8
accent
#8FD60F
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FFF4F0
border
#D7CECB
text
#18100C
muted
#867F7D