#E27A51#E27A51

#E27A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.141 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27A51
RGB	rgb(226, 122, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.24, 36.86, 40.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.24, 54.44, 47.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.83% 0.105 0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(68.83% 0.141 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8121, 30.6863, 11.6094)
Luminance	0.3068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27A51 #51B9E2

analogous

#E25170 #E27A51 #E2C351

triadic

#E27A51 #51E27A #7A51E2

tetradic

#E27A51 #70E251 #51B9E2 #C351E2

square

#E27A51 #70E251 #51B9E2 #C351E2

split-complementary

#E27A51 #51E2C3 #5170E2

monochromatic

#9E401A #D35523 #E27A51 #EBA285 #F3CABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#E27A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#E27A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27A51

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27A51	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96894D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 122, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.141 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1a283',
    500: '#e27a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27a51;
$custom-light: #f1a283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.966,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68833,
    "c": 0.14066,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27A51

secondary

#ACD3E3

accent

#9DD312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0A

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27A51

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

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