#EC7F51#EC7F51

#EC7F51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.147 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#EC7F51
RGB	rgb(236, 127, 81)
HSL	hsl(18, 80%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 65.7%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.65, 38.18, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.65, 57.69, 48.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% 0.1082 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.147 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6704, 33.6106, 11.9707)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#EC7F51 #51BEEC

analogous

#EC5171 #EC7F51 #ECCC51

triadic

#EC7F51 #51EC7F #7F51EC

tetradic

#EC7F51 #71EC51 #51BEEC #CC51EC

square

#EC7F51 #71EC51 #51BEEC #CC51EC

split-complementary

#EC7F51 #51ECCC #5171EC

monochromatic

#AF4213 #E6561A #EC7F51 #F2A888 #F8D0BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#EC7F51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#EC7F51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #EC7F51

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##EC7F51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##EC7F51	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ec7f51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(236, 127, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.147 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f8a583',
    500: '#ec7f51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ec7f51;
$custom-light: #f8a583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ec7f51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 236,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.806,
    "s": 80.311,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70959,
    "c": 0.14744,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#EC7F51

secondary

#B0D8E9

accent

#9EDD09

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#180F0B

muted

#867F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #EC7F51

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

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