#FE8A59#FE8A59

#FE8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.155 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FE8A59
RGB	rgb(254, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 99%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 65%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.45, 40.01, 45.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.45, 60.47, 48.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% 0.1135 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.155 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.7691, 39.9748, 14.4389)
Luminance	0.3997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FE8A59 #59CDFE

analogous

#FE597B #FE8A59 #FEDC59

triadic

#FE8A59 #59FE8A #8A59FE

tetradic

#FE8A59 #7BFE59 #59CDFE #DC59FE

square

#FE8A59 #7BFE59 #59CDFE #DC59FE

split-complementary

#FE8A59 #59FEDC #597BFE

monochromatic

#DB4201 #FE5F1C #FE8A59 #FEB596 #FFE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FE8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#FE8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FE8A59

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FE8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FE8A59	1.00	2.33	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fe8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.155 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae89',
    500: '#fe8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fe8a59;
$custom-light: #ffae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fe8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.818,
    "s": 98.802,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.15476,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FE8A59

secondary

#BFE4F3

accent

#A1E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FE8A59

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

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