#FF8A49#FF8A49

#FF8A49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.162 H 47.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A49
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 73)
HSL	hsl(21, 100%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 71.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.42, 39.55, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.42, 66.37, 53.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% 0.1094 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.162 47.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.5357, 39.9239, 11.2942)
Luminance	0.3992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A49 #49BEFF

analogous

#FF4963 #FF8A49 #FFE549

triadic

#FF8A49 #49FF8A #8A49FF

tetradic

#FF8A49 #63FF49 #49BEFF #E549FF

square

#FF8A49 #63FF49 #49BEFF #E549FF

split-complementary

#FF8A49 #49FFE5 #4963FF

monochromatic

#CE4900 #FF630C #FF8A49 #FFB186 #FFD9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#FF8A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#FF8A49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A49

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A49	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)

#AB9A42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF727C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.162 47.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad7f',
    500: '#ff8a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a49;
$custom-light: #ffad7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75109,
    "c": 0.1622,
    "h": 47.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A49

secondary

#B2DBF1

accent

#94E600

background

#FFFAF7

surface

#FFF4EE

border

#D7CEC9

text

#1A100A

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A49

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

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