#E78A5A#E78A5A

#E78A5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.130 H 47.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A5A
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 90)
HSL	hsl(20, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(20, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 61%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, 31.09, 40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 51.07, 52.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0884 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.13 47.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.8922, 35.9084, 14.2903)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A5A #5AB7E7

analogous

#E75A70 #E78A5A #E7D15A

triadic

#E78A5A #5AE78A #8A5AE7

tetradic

#E78A5A #70E75A #5AB7E7 #D15AE7

square

#E78A5A #70E75A #5AB7E7 #D15AE7

split-complementary

#E78A5A #5AE7D1 #5A70E7

monochromatic

#AD4C19 #DF6425 #E78A5A #EFB08F #F7D6C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#E78A5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#E78A5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A5A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A5A	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)

#A39556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB787F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.130 47.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad8a',
    500: '#e78a5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a5a;
$custom-light: #f3ad8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.426,
    "s": 74.603,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72238,
    "c": 0.13015,
    "h": 47.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A5A

secondary

#B5D6E8

accent

#93D70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A5A

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

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