#FF8940#FF8940

#FF8940 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.166 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8940
RGB	rgb(255, 137, 64)
HSL	hsl(23, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(23, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, 39.66, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 69.59, 55.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.87% 0.1083 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(74.87% 0.166 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.1158, 39.5275, 9.7872)
Luminance	0.3952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8940 #40B6FF

analogous

#FF4056 #FF8940 #FFE940

triadic

#FF8940 #40FF89 #8940FF

tetradic

#FF8940 #56FF40 #40B6FF #E940FF

square

#FF8940 #56FF40 #40B6FF #E940FF

split-complementary

#FF8940 #40FFE9 #4056FF

monochromatic

#C54B00 #FF6303 #FF8940 #FFAF7D #FFD5BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#FF8940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#FF8940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8940

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8940	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF707A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 137, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.166 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad79',
    500: '#ff8940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8940;
$custom-light: #ffad79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.932,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74867,
    "c": 0.16633,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8940

secondary

#ABD6F0

accent

#8EE600

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#1A1009

muted

#877F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8940

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

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