#FF8A57#FF8A57

#FF8A57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.157 H 43.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A57
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 87)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 66%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 65.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, 40.27, 46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 61.54, 49.12°)
OKLab	oklab(75.27% 0.1139 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(75.27% 0.157 43.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.0532, 40.1309, 14.0198)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A57 #57CCFF

analogous

#FF5778 #FF8A57 #FFDE57

triadic

#FF8A57 #57FF8A #8A57FF

tetradic

#FF8A57 #78FF57 #57CCFF #DE57FF

square

#FF8A57 #78FF57 #57CCFF #DE57FF

split-complementary

#FF8A57 #57FFDE #5778FF

monochromatic

#DC4300 #FF5F1A #FF8A57 #FFB594 #FFDFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8A57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#FF8A57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A57

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A57	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)

#AA9A52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.157 43.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae88',
    500: '#ff8a57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a57;
$custom-light: #ffae88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.214,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75269,
    "c": 0.1566,
    "h": 43.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A57

secondary

#BEE3F4

accent

#A0E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100B

muted

#877F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A57

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

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