#E78E59#E78E59

#E78E59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 50.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E59
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 89)
HSL	hsl(22, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(22, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 61.5%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.32, 28.91, 42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.32, 51.06, 55.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0817 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.128 50.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.4344, 37.0605, 14.2625)
Luminance	0.3706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E59 #59B2E7

analogous

#E7596B #E78E59 #E7D559

triadic

#E78E59 #59E78E #8E59E7

tetradic

#E78E59 #6BE759 #59B2E7 #D559E7

square

#E78E59 #6BE759 #59B2E7 #D559E7

split-complementary

#E78E59 #59E7D5 #596BE7

monochromatic

#AD5019 #DF6A24 #E78E59 #EFB28E #F6D7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#E78E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#E78E59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E59

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E59	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7D81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 50.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af89',
    500: '#e78e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e59;
$custom-light: #f3af89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.394,
    "s": 74.737,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72906,
    "c": 0.12822,
    "h": 50.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E59

secondary

#B4D4E8

accent

#8CD70F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E59

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

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