#FF8959#FF8959

#FF8959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.157 H 42.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8959
RGB	rgb(255, 137, 89)
HSL	hsl(17, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(17, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.3%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, 40.89, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 61.02, 47.92°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% 0.1161 0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.157 42.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.9933, 39.8784, 14.4085)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8959 #59CFFF

analogous

#FF597C #FF8959 #FFDC59

triadic

#FF8959 #59FF89 #8959FF

tetradic

#FF8959 #7CFF59 #59CFFF #DC59FF

square

#FF8959 #7CFF59 #59CFFF #DC59FF

split-complementary

#FF8959 #59FFDC #597CFF

monochromatic

#DE4000 #FF5D1C #FF8959 #FFB596 #FFE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FF8959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#FF8959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8959

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8959	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B357

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 137, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.157 42.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad89',
    500: '#ff8959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8959;
$custom-light: #ffad89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.349,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75139,
    "c": 0.15659,
    "h": 42.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8959

secondary

#C0E5F4

accent

#A3E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8959

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

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