#E78B65#E78B65

#E78B65 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.124 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78B65
RGB	rgb(231, 139, 101)
HSL	hsl(18, 73%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.8%, 56.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.82, 31.37, 35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.82, 47.09, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0909 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.124 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.5397, 36.3980, 16.9892)
Luminance	0.3639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78B65 #65C1E7

analogous

#E76580 #E78B65 #E7CC65

triadic

#E78B65 #65E78B #8B65E7

tetradic

#E78B65 #80E765 #65C1E7 #CC65E7

square

#E78B65 #80E765 #65C1E7 #CC65E7

split-complementary

#E78B65 #65E7CC #6580E7

monochromatic

#B5491C #DF6330 #E78B65 #EFB39A #F8DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#E78B65 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#E78B65 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78B65

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78B65	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78B65	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39762

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA7B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78b65;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 139, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.124 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ad91',
    500: '#e78b65',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78b65;
$custom-light: #f3ad91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78b65",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.538,
    "s": 73.034,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.12412,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78B65

secondary

#BEDDEA

accent

#9CD510

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100D

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78B65

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

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