#E78A59#E78A59

#E78A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.131 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A59
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, 31.02, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 51.43, 52.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% 0.0881 0.0965)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.131 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8499, 35.8915, 14.0677)
Luminance	0.3589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A59 #59B6E7

analogous

#E7596F #E78A59 #E7D159

triadic

#E78A59 #59E78A #8A59E7

tetradic

#E78A59 #6FE759 #59B6E7 #D159E7

square

#E78A59 #6FE759 #59B6E7 #D159E7

split-complementary

#E78A59 #59E7D1 #596FE7

monochromatic

#AD4C19 #DF6424 #E78A59 #EFB08E #F6D5C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E78A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#E78A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A59

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A59	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.131 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad89',
    500: '#e78a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a59;
$custom-light: #f3ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.704,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72224,
    "c": 0.13065,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A59

secondary

#B4D6E8

accent

#92D70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A59

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

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