#E87E57#E87E57

#E87E57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.142 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87E57
RGB	rgb(232, 126, 87)
HSL	hsl(16, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, 37.52, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 54.22, 46.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% 0.1075 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.142 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.4633, 32.7703, 13.1040)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87E57 #57C1E8

analogous

#E85778 #E87E57 #E8C757

triadic

#E87E57 #57E87E #7E57E8

tetradic

#E87E57 #78E857 #57C1E8 #C757E8

square

#E87E57 #78E857 #57C1E8 #C757E8

split-complementary

#E87E57 #57E8C7 #5778E8

monochromatic

#AD4018 #E15521 #E87E57 #EFA78D #F7D1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#E87E57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#E87E57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87E57

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87E57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87E57	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD6A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87e57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 126, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.142 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a587',
    500: '#e87e57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87e57;
$custom-light: #f5a587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87e57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87E57

secondary

#B3DAE8

accent

#A2D80D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87E57

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

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