#E78A63#E78A63

#E78A63 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.126 H 43.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78A63
RGB	rgb(231, 138, 99)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 57.1%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, 31.74, 35.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 47.91, 48.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% 0.0918 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.126 43.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2987, 36.0710, 16.4314)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78A63 #63C0E7

analogous

#E7637E #E78A63 #E7CC63

triadic

#E78A63 #63E78A #8A63E7

tetradic

#E78A63 #7EE763 #63C0E7 #CC63E7

square

#E78A63 #7EE763 #63C0E7 #CC63E7

split-complementary

#E78A63 #63E7CC #637EE7

monochromatic

#B4491C #DF622E #E78A63 #EFB298 #F7DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#E78A63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#E78A63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78A63

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78A63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78A63	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78a63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 138, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.126 43.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad90',
    500: '#e78a63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78a63;
$custom-light: #f3ad90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78a63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.727,
    "s": 73.333,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72374,
    "c": 0.1258,
    "h": 43.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78A63

secondary

#BCDCEA

accent

#9BD510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78A63

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

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