#E78B59#E78B59

#E78B59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.130 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B59
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 89)
HSL	hsl(21, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(21, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, 30.49, 41.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 51.33, 53.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.39% 0.0865 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(72.39% 0.13 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9941, 36.1798, 14.1157)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B59 #59B5E7

analogous

#E7596E #E78B59 #E7D259

triadic

#E78B59 #59E78B #8B59E7

tetradic

#E78B59 #6EE759 #59B5E7 #D259E7

square

#E78B59 #6EE759 #59B5E7 #D259E7

split-complementary

#E78B59 #59E7D2 #596EE7

monochromatic

#AD4D19 #DF6624 #E78B59 #EFB08E #F6D6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#E78B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#E78B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B59

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B59	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49654

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB797F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.130 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad89',
    500: '#e78b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b59;
$custom-light: #f3ad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.127,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72393,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B59

secondary

#B4D5E8

accent

#90D70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B59

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

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