#F0531CFiery Glow (#F0531C) is a mid-tone, vivid red with an OKLCH hue of 37°, lightness 0.65 and chroma 0.202. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #F0531C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(240, 83, 28) |
| HSL | hsl(16, 88%, 53%) |
| HSV | hsv(16, 88%, 94%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 65%, 88%, 6%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(56.9 58.2 60.2) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.650 0.202 37) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Fiery Glow is virtually unchanged; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 0.9), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#f14d13 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#f45218 — ΔE 0.7, is virtually unchanged#f0531c — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#f1541e — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Fiery Glow in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 3.52:1 and against black 5.96:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffe0d7 · #ffa68b · #f0531c · #c93c00 · #8f2700 · #5a1400
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#f49f25 · #f57b00 · #f0531c · #d63f49 · #b7315e · #962968
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#c7ab5f · #f0531c · #c04013 · #6a5200 · #6a1a00 · #2c2000
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#00d7ff · #f0531c · #8e6355 · #81351e · #5b1903 · #320800
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#def7fe · #c3a399 · #f0531c · #67787d · #45271e · #000407
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e7f5f9 · #bdcdd2 · #90a2a8 · #132c33 · #000a0f · #f0531c
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#e5e2bc · #3ed8db · #f0531c · #9c6781 · #344452 · #05140d
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#b8e0cc · #70b6ab · #f0531c · #3d6580 · #374163 · #1f050f
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d1ffe2 · #2fc981 · #f0531c · #5d5ee7 · #251184 · #000501
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e6facf · #8ebd3f · #f0531c · #00829b · #46006d · #000407
#F97046 · #FF8B68 · #FFA88D · #FFC2AF · #FFDACF
#CB3D00 · #A22E00 · #7B2000 · #571300 · #350600
#DE6642 · #CB745A · #B7806F
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.