#E87A51#E87A51

#E87A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.147 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87A51
RGB	rgb(232, 122, 81)
HSL	hsl(16, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(16, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.4%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.07, 39.18, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.07, 56.89, 46.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.1116 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.147 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7270, 31.6737, 11.6992)
Luminance	0.3167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87A51 #51BFE8

analogous

#E85174 #E87A51 #E8C551

triadic

#E87A51 #51E87A #7A51E8

tetradic

#E87A51 #74E851 #51BFE8 #C551E8

square

#E87A51 #74E851 #51BFE8 #C551E8

split-complementary

#E87A51 #51E8C5 #5174E8

monochromatic

#A83E16 #DE521D #E87A51 #EFA387 #F6CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#E87A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#E87A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87A51

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87A51	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#978A4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD6570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 122, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.147 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a283',
    500: '#e87a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87a51;
$custom-light: #f5a283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69637,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87A51

secondary

#AED7E7

accent

#A1D90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87A51

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

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