#E78959#E78959

#E78959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.131 H 46.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78959
RGB	rgb(231, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 31.54, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 51.54, 52.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0897 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.131 46.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7071, 35.6059, 14.0201)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78959 #59B7E7

analogous

#E75970 #E78959 #E7D059

triadic

#E78959 #59E789 #8959E7

tetradic

#E78959 #70E759 #59B7E7 #D059E7

square

#E78959 #70E759 #59B7E7 #D059E7

split-complementary

#E78959 #59E7D0 #5970E7

monochromatic

#AD4B19 #DF6324 #E78959 #EFAF8E #F6D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#E78959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#E78959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78959

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78959	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39455

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB777E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.131 46.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ac89',
    500: '#e78959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78959;
$custom-light: #f3ac89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.282,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.13131,
    "h": 46.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78959

secondary

#B4D6E8

accent

#93D70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78959

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

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