#F27E51#F27E51

#F27E51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.155 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F27E51
RGB	rgb(242, 126, 81)
HSL	hsl(17, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, 41.00, 44.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 60.27, 47.14°)
OKLab	oklab(71.61% 0.1162 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(71.61% 0.155 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5680, 34.3983, 12.0228)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F27E51 #51C5F2

analogous

#F25174 #F27E51 #F2CE51

triadic

#F27E51 #51F27E #7E51F2

tetradic

#F27E51 #74F251 #51C5F2 #CE51F2

square

#F27E51 #74F251 #51C5F2 #CE51F2

split-complementary

#F27E51 #51F2CE #5174F2

monochromatic

#BB3E0E #EE5418 #F27E51 #F6A88A #FBD2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#F27E51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#F27E51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F27E51

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F27E51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F27E51	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF6774

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f27e51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 126, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.155 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fda583',
    500: '#f27e51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f27e51;
$custom-light: #fda583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f27e51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.77,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71606,
    "c": 0.15465,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F27E51

secondary

#B3DCEC

accent

#A4E303

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#190F0B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #F27E51

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

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