#E78E60#E78E60

#E78E60 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.125 H 47.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E78E60
RGB	rgb(231, 142, 96)
HSL	hsl(20, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(20, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.5%, 58.4%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 29.41, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 48.47, 52.65°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0842 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.125 47.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.7424, 37.1837, 15.8849)
Luminance	0.3718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E78E60 #60B9E7

analogous

#E76076 #E78E60 #E7D160

triadic

#E78E60 #60E78E #8E60E7

tetradic

#E78E60 #76E760 #60B9E7 #D160E7

square

#E78E60 #76E760 #60B9E7 #D160E7

split-complementary

#E78E60 #60E7D1 #6076E7

monochromatic

#B24E1B #DF682B #E78E60 #EFB495 #F7DACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#E78E60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#E78E60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E78E60

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E78E60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E78E60	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB7D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e78e60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(231, 142, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.125 47.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3af8e',
    500: '#e78e60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e78e60;
$custom-light: #f3af8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e78e60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 231,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.444,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73007,
    "c": 0.12452,
    "h": 47.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E78E60

secondary

#BAD9E9

accent

#92D610

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E78E60

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

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