#F27C51#F27C51

#F27C51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.156 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F27C51
RGB	rgb(242, 124, 81)
HSL	hsl(16, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(16, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.8%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, 42.00, 43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 60.62, 46.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.1193 0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.156 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.3148, 33.8919, 11.9385)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F27C51 #51C7F2

analogous

#F25176 #F27C51 #F2CC51

triadic

#F27C51 #51F27C #7C51F2

tetradic

#F27C51 #76F251 #51C7F2 #CC51F2

square

#F27C51 #76F251 #51C7F2 #CC51F2

split-complementary

#F27C51 #51F2CC #5176F2

monochromatic

#BB3C0E #EE5118 #F27C51 #F6A78A #FBD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#F27C51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#F27C51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F27C51

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F27C51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F27C51	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A74F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f27c51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 124, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.156 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fda483',
    500: '#f27c51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f27c51;
$custom-light: #fda483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f27c51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.025,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.713,
    "c": 0.15632,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F27C51

secondary

#B3DDEC

accent

#A7E303

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#190F0B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F27C51

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

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