#E76803

Color Profile: #E76803

Common Name: Munsell 2.5YR 6/14

RGB: RGB(231, 104, 3)

HSL: ~24° Hue, ~97% Saturation, ~46% Lightness

Contrast vs White: 3.7:1 (AA fails for body text)

Contrast vs Black: 8.3:1 (AA passes)

Color Mood:
Punchy, radiant, and energetic — this orange tone carries serious attention-grabbing weight. Associated with creativity, urgency, and bold expression, it's a color often spotted in energetic design zones, and rarely stays quiet in a composition.

Close Named Matches:

• Munsell – 2.5YR 6/14 (#E76803) Exact match ΔE=0.00
• Pantone FHI – Exuberance (#E86800) Near-perfect ΔE=0.81
• Behr – OSHA Safety Orange (#E06B00) ΔE=4.22
• Pantone Solid Coated – 717 C (#DD6000) ΔE=3.65
• NCS – S 1080-Y50R (#ED6C17) ΔE=3.15

• Why Designers Use It:

This color screams visibility — and that’s precisely why it shows up in signage, safety, and packaging design. It's used heavily in branding where stimulation and immediacy are desired, especially in entertainment, sports, or food sectors. While not subtle, it thrives in digital design where user focus needs steering. In manufacturing, it’s historically tied to high-visibility items — think safety vests, warning labels, and even emergency buttons. It carries echoes of industrial paint systems like the Federal Standard and Behr’s OSHA-aligned palettes. Artists might tap into it for dynamism, particularly in pop or street styles. Regionally, it’s popular in North American product design, especially in construction, sports, and children's media, thanks to its bold warmth and instinctive catchiness. There's also a deep link to natural cues — late sunsets, citrus skins, hot spices — giving it just enough organic weight to feel grounded even when it's loud. Definitely not a background player, this tone comes in when you need to move eyeballs.