#FF8A48#FF8A48

#FF8A48 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.163 H 47.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A48
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 72)
HSL	hsl(22, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(22, 72%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 71.8%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.41, 39.50, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.41, 66.72, 53.69°)
OKLab	oklab(75.1% 0.1091 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(75.1% 0.163 47.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.5028, 39.9108, 11.1210)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A48 #48BDFF

analogous

#FF4862 #FF8A48 #FFE548

triadic

#FF8A48 #48FF8A #8A48FF

tetradic

#FF8A48 #62FF48 #48BDFF #E548FF

square

#FF8A48 #62FF48 #48BDFF #E548FF

split-complementary

#FF8A48 #48FFE5 #4862FF

monochromatic

#CD4A00 #FF630B #FF8A48 #FFB185 #FFD8C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FF8A48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#FF8A48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A48

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A48	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.163 47.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad7e',
    500: '#ff8a48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a48;
$custom-light: #ffad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.639,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75099,
    "c": 0.1626,
    "h": 47.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A48

secondary

#B1DAF1

accent

#93E600

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#1A100A

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A48

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

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