#FF8A55#FF8A55

#FF8A55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.157 H 44.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A55
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 85)
HSL	hsl(19, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 67%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 66.7%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 40.16, 47.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 62.22, 49.80°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% 0.1132 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.157 44)
XYZ	xyz(51.9726, 40.0987, 13.5954)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A55 #55CAFF

analogous

#FF5575 #FF8A55 #FFDF55

triadic

#FF8A55 #55FF8A #8A55FF

tetradic

#FF8A55 #75FF55 #55CAFF #DF55FF

square

#FF8A55 #75FF55 #55CAFF #DF55FF

split-complementary

#FF8A55 #55FFDF #5575FF

monochromatic

#DA4400 #FF6018 #FF8A55 #FFB492 #FFDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8A55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#FF8A55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A55

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A55	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9A50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B453

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.157 44.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae86',
    500: '#ff8a55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a55;
$custom-light: #ffae86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.706,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75245,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 44
  },
  "luminance": 0.40093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A55

secondary

#BDE2F3

accent

#9EE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4EF

border

#D7CECA

text

#1A100B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A55

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

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