#E87E50#E87E50

#E87E50 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.144 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87E50
RGB	rgb(232, 126, 80)
HSL	hsl(18, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.89, 37.08, 42.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.89, 56.58, 49.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% 0.105 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.144 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1911, 32.6614, 11.6703)
Luminance	0.3266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87E50 #50BAE8

analogous

#E8506E #E87E50 #E8CA50

triadic

#E87E50 #50E87E #7E50E8

tetradic

#E87E50 #6EE850 #50BAE8 #CA50E8

square

#E87E50 #6EE850 #50BAE8 #CA50E8

split-complementary

#E87E50 #50E8CA #506EE8

monochromatic

#A84216 #DE571D #E87E50 #EFA686 #F6CEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#E87E50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#E87E50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87E50

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87E50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87E50	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD6A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87e50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 126, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.144 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a582',
    500: '#e87e50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87e50;
$custom-light: #f5a582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87e50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.158,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70256,
    "c": 0.14436,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87E50

secondary

#ADD5E6

accent

#9BD90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87E50

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

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