#FF8A51#FF8A51

#FF8A51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.159 H 45.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A51
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 81)
HSL	hsl(20, 100%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(20, 68%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 68.2%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, 39.95, 49.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 63.59, 51.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% 0.1119 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.159 45.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.8182, 40.0369, 12.7820)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A51 #51C6FF

analogous

#FF516F #FF8A51 #FFE151

triadic

#FF8A51 #51FF8A #8A51FF

tetradic

#FF8A51 #6FFF51 #51C6FF #E151FF

square

#FF8A51 #6FFF51 #51C6FF #E151FF

split-complementary

#FF8A51 #51FFE1 #516FFF

monochromatic

#D64600 #FF6114 #FF8A51 #FFB38E #FFDCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8A51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#FF8A51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A51

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A51	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.159 45.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffad84',
    500: '#ff8a51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a51;
$custom-light: #ffad84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.655,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75197,
    "c": 0.159,
    "h": 45.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A51

secondary

#B9E0F3

accent

#9AE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#1A100B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A51

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

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