#E78A58#E78A58

#E78A58 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A58
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 88)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 61.9%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, 30.95, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 51.80, 53.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0877 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.131 48)
XYZ	xyz(43.8082, 35.8748, 13.8480)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A58 #58B5E7

analogous

#E7586E #E78A58 #E7D158

triadic

#E78A58 #58E78A #8A58E7

tetradic

#E78A58 #6EE758 #58B5E7 #D158E7

square

#E78A58 #6EE758 #58B5E7 #D158E7

split-complementary

#E78A58 #58E7D1 #586EE7

monochromatic

#AC4C19 #DF6522 #E78A58 #EFAF8E #F6D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E78A58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#E78A58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A58

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A58	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49553

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad88',
    500: '#e78a58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a58;
$custom-light: #f3ad88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.979,
    "s": 74.869,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7221,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.3587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A58

secondary

#B3D5E7

accent

#91D70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A58

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

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