#E78F49#E78F49

#E78F49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.136 H 56.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78F49
RGB	rgb(231, 143, 73)
HSL	hsl(27, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(27, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.1%, 68.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, 27.40, 50.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 57.16, 61.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% 0.0747 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.136 56.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9835, 37.1192, 11.1504)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78F49 #49A1E7

analogous

#E74952 #E78F49 #E7DE49

triadic

#E78F49 #49E78F #8F49E7

tetradic

#E78F49 #52E749 #49A1E7 #DE49E7

square

#E78F49 #52E749 #49A1E7 #DE49E7

split-complementary

#E78F49 #49E7DE #4952E7

monochromatic

#A05315 #D76F1C #E78F49 #EEB07F #F5D2B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E78F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#E78F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78F49

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78F49	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)

#A99842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7C7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 143, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.136 56.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b07e',
    500: '#e78f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78f49;
$custom-light: #f4b07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.582,
    "s": 76.699,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72882,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 56.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78F49

secondary

#A7C9E5

accent

#9FF335

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF5EE

border

#D7CFC9

text

#18100A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78F49

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

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