#FE8A61#FE8A61

#FE8A61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.152 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FE8A61
RGB	rgb(254, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(16, 99%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.7%, 61.8%, 0.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 40.50, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 57.84, 45.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.1162 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.152 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1234, 40.1166, 16.3053)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FE8A61 #61D5FE

analogous

#FE6187 #FE8A61 #FED961

triadic

#FE8A61 #61FE8A #8A61FE

tetradic

#FE8A61 #87FE61 #61D5FE #D961FE

square

#FE8A61 #87FE61 #61D5FE #D961FE

split-complementary

#FE8A61 #61FED9 #6187FE

monochromatic

#E33C01 #FE5D24 #FE8A61 #FEB79E #FFE4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FE8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#FE8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FE8A61

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FE8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FE8A61	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89A5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #fe8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(254, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.152 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae8f',
    500: '#fe8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #fe8a61;
$custom-light: #ffae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#fe8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 254,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.669,
    "s": 98.742,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75274,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FE8A61

secondary

#C6E8F5

accent

#AAE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FE8A61

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

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