#E68E59#E68E59

#E68E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.127 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E68E59
RGB	rgb(230, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(23, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.20, 28.51, 41.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.20, 50.69, 55.77°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% 0.0806 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.127 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.1125, 36.8945, 14.2474)
Luminance	0.3689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E68E59 #59B1E6

analogous

#E6596B #E68E59 #E6D459

triadic

#E68E59 #59E68E #8E59E6

tetradic

#E68E59 #6BE659 #59B1E6 #D459E6

square

#E68E59 #6BE659 #59B1E6 #D459E6

split-complementary

#E68E59 #59E6D4 #596BE6

monochromatic

#AB501A #DE6A24 #E68E59 #EEB28E #F6D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#E68E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#E68E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E68E59

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E68E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E68E59	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)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e68e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.127 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af89',
    500: '#e68e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e68e59;
$custom-light: #f3af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e68e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.553,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.12723,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E68E59

secondary

#B4D4E7

accent

#8BD610

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E68E59

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

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