#E78E5E#E78E5E

#E78E5E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.126 H 48.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E5E
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 94)
HSL	hsl(21, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 59.3%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, 29.26, 39.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 49.20, 53.51°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% 0.0835 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.126 48.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6515, 37.1473, 15.4061)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E5E #5EB7E7

analogous

#E75E72 #E78E5E #E7D25E

triadic

#E78E5E #5EE78E #8E5EE7

tetradic

#E78E5E #72E75E #5EB7E7 #D25EE7

square

#E78E5E #72E75E #5EB7E7 #D25EE7

split-complementary

#E78E5E #5EE7D2 #5E72E7

monochromatic

#B04F1A #DF6929 #E78E5E #EFB393 #F7D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E78E5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#E78E5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E5E

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E5E	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7D82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.126 48.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af8c',
    500: '#e78e5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e5e;
$custom-light: #f3af8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.022,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72977,
    "c": 0.12557,
    "h": 48.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E5E

secondary

#B8D8E9

accent

#91D60F

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E5E

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

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