#E87C51#E87C51

#E87C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.146 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E87C51
RGB	rgb(232, 124, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.6%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, 38.16, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 56.55, 47.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.1085 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.146 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9751, 32.1699, 11.7819)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E87C51 #51BDE8

analogous

#E85172 #E87C51 #E8C851

triadic

#E87C51 #51E87C #7C51E8

tetradic

#E87C51 #72E851 #51BDE8 #C851E8

square

#E87C51 #72E851 #51BDE8 #C851E8

split-complementary

#E87C51 #51E8C8 #5172E8

monochromatic

#A84016 #DE541D #E87C51 #EFA587 #F6CDBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#E87C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#E87C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E87C51

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E87C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E87C51	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998B4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A34F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FD6772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e87c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 124, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.146 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5a383',
    500: '#e87c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e87c51;
$custom-light: #f5a383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e87c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.086,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69952,
    "c": 0.14554,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E87C51

secondary

#AED7E7

accent

#9FD90D

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E87C51

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

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