#FF7738#FF7738

#FF7738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.182 H 43.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF7738
RGB	rgb(255, 119, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(19, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 78%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.55, 48.19, 57.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.55, 74.81, 49.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.11% 0.133 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(72.11% 0.182 43.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.5556, 34.7455, 7.8903)
Luminance	0.3474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF7738 #38C0FF

analogous

#FF385C #FF7738 #FFDA38

triadic

#FF7738 #38FF77 #7738FF

tetradic

#FF7738 #5CFF38 #38C0FF #DA38FF

square

#FF7738 #5CFF38 #38C0FF #DA38FF

split-complementary

#FF7738 #38FFDA #385CFF

monochromatic

#BD3C00 #FA4F00 #FF7738 #FFA175 #FFCBB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#FF7738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#FF7738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF7738

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF7738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF7738	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF596A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff7738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 119, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.182 43.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffa173',
    500: '#ff7738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff7738;
$custom-light: #ffa173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff7738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 119,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.995,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7211,
    "c": 0.18201,
    "h": 43.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF7738

secondary

#A4D7EF

accent

#9DE600

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4ED

border

#D7CEC8

text

#1A0F08

muted

#877F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF7738

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

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