#FF8A56#FF8A56

#FF8A56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.157 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A56
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 86)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 66.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, 40.22, 47.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 61.88, 49.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% 0.1135 0.1085)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.157 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0126, 40.1147, 13.8061)
Luminance	0.4011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A56 #56CBFF

analogous

#FF5676 #FF8A56 #FFDF56

triadic

#FF8A56 #56FF8A #8A56FF

tetradic

#FF8A56 #76FF56 #56CBFF #DF56FF

square

#FF8A56 #76FF56 #56CBFF #DF56FF

split-complementary

#FF8A56 #56FFDF #5676FF

monochromatic

#DB4300 #FF6019 #FF8A56 #FFB493 #FFDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8A56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#FF8A56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A56

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A56	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)

#AA9A51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.157 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae87',
    500: '#ff8a56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a56;
$custom-light: #ffae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75257,
    "c": 0.157,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A56

secondary

#BDE3F3

accent

#9FE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A56

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

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