#E27C51#E27C51

#E27C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.139 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E27C51
RGB	rgb(226, 124, 81)
HSL	hsl(18, 71%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(18, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 64.2%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 35.82, 40.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 54.12, 48.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% 0.1019 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.139 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0602, 31.1825, 11.6921)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E27C51 #51B7E2

analogous

#E2516E #E27C51 #E2C451

triadic

#E27C51 #51E27C #7C51E2

tetradic

#E27C51 #6EE251 #51B7E2 #C451E2

square

#E27C51 #6EE251 #51B7E2 #C451E2

split-complementary

#E27C51 #51E2C4 #516EE2

monochromatic

#9E411A #D35723 #E27C51 #EBA385 #F3CBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#E27C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#E27C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E27C51

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E27C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E27C51	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F66972

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e27c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(226, 124, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.139 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1a383',
    500: '#e27c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e27c51;
$custom-light: #f1a383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e27c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 226,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.793,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69154,
    "c": 0.13906,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E27C51

secondary

#ACD3E3

accent

#9AD312

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E27C51

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

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