#E78B64#E78B64

#E78B64 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.125 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B64
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 100)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 56.7%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 31.29, 35.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 47.43, 48.72°)
OKLab	oklab(72.56% 0.0905 0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(72.56% 0.125 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4910, 36.3785, 16.7328)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B64 #64C0E7

analogous

#E7647E #E78B64 #E7CD64

triadic

#E78B64 #64E78B #8B64E7

tetradic

#E78B64 #7EE764 #64C0E7 #CD64E7

square

#E78B64 #7EE764 #64C0E7 #CD64E7

split-complementary

#E78B64 #64E7CD #647EE7

monochromatic

#B5491C #DF632F #E78B64 #EFB399 #F7DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78B64 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#E78B64 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B64

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B64	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B64	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39661

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b64;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.125 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad91',
    500: '#e78b64',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b64;
$custom-light: #f3ad91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b64",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.863,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72559,
    "c": 0.12459,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B64

secondary

#BDDCEA

accent

#9BD510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B64

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

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