#E78B56#E78B56

#E78B56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.132 H 49.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B56
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 86)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(22, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 62.8%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, 30.29, 42.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 52.44, 54.71°)
OKLab	oklab(72.35% 0.0854 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(72.35% 0.132 49.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.8706, 36.1304, 13.4657)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B56 #56B2E7

analogous

#E7566A #E78B56 #E7D456

triadic

#E78B56 #56E78B #8B56E7

tetradic

#E78B56 #6AE756 #56B2E7 #D456E7

square

#E78B56 #6AE756 #56B2E7 #D456E7

split-complementary

#E78B56 #56E7D4 #566AE7

monochromatic

#AA4E18 #DF6620 #E78B56 #EFB08C #F6D5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E78B56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#E78B56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B56

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B56	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59651

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.132 49.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4ad87',
    500: '#e78b56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b56;
$custom-light: #f4ad87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.931,
    "s": 75.13,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72352,
    "c": 0.13155,
    "h": 49.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B56

secondary

#B2D4E7

accent

#8ED70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B56

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

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