#E78E61#E78E61

#E78E61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.124 H 47.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E61
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 97)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 58%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, 29.48, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 48.11, 52.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0846 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.124 47)
XYZ	xyz(44.7888, 37.2022, 16.1289)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E61 #61BAE7

analogous

#E76177 #E78E61 #E7D161

triadic

#E78E61 #61E78E #8E61E7

tetradic

#E78E61 #77E761 #61BAE7 #D161E7

square

#E78E61 #77E761 #61BAE7 #D161E7

split-complementary

#E78E61 #61E7D1 #6177E7

monochromatic

#B24E1B #DF682C #E78E61 #EFB496 #F7DACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E78E61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#E78E61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E61

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E61	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.124 47.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af8f',
    500: '#e78e61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e61;
$custom-light: #f3af8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.149,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73022,
    "c": 0.124,
    "h": 47
  },
  "luminance": 0.37198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E61

secondary

#BBDAE9

accent

#93D610

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E61

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

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