#F27A51#F27A51
#F27A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.158 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #F27A51 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(242, 122, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(15, 86%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(15, 67%, 95%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 49.6%, 66.5%, 5.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.48, 42.99, 43.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.48, 60.99, 45.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71% 0.1224 0.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71% 0.158 39.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(45.0667, 33.3957, 11.8557) |
| Luminance | 0.3339 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Coral
#FF7F50
ΔE00 2.71
Pinkish Orange
#FF724C
ΔE00 2.92
Melon
#FF7855
ΔE00 2.97
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 4.00
Orangish
#FC824A
ΔE00 4.22
Orange Pink
#FF6F52
ΔE00 4.51
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#F27A51 #51C9F2
analogous
#F25178 #F27A51 #F2CB51
triadic
#F27A51 #51F27A #7A51F2
tetradic
#F27A51 #78F251 #51C9F2 #CB51F2
square
#F27A51 #78F251 #51C9F2 #CB51F2
split-complementary
#F27A51 #51F2CB #5178F2
monochromatic
#BB3A0E #EE4E18 #F27A51 #F6A68A #FBD1C3
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.74
#F27A51 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.68
#F27A51 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #F27A51
7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##F27A51 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##F27A51 | 1.00 | 2.74 | 7.68 | 7.68 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.74 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.68 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A8C4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B7A64F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FF6371
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9C9C9C
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #f27a51; /* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 122, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.158 39.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#fda383',
500: '#f27a51',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #f27a51; $custom-light: #fda383; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#f27a51",
"rgb": {
"r": 242,
"g": 122,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 15.28,
"s": 86.096,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70997,
"c": 0.15802,
"h": 39.3
},
"luminance": 0.3339
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#F27A51
secondary
#B3DDEC
accent
#AAE303
background
#FFFAF8
surface
#FFF4EF
border
#D7CECA
text
#190F0B
muted
#877F7C