#FF8A59#FF8A59

#FF8A59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.156 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A59
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, 40.39, 45.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 60.86, 48.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.3% 0.1145 0.1056)
OKLCH	oklch(75.3% 0.156 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.1361, 40.1641, 14.4561)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A59 #59CEFF

analogous

#FF597B #FF8A59 #FFDD59

triadic

#FF8A59 #59FF8A #8A59FF

tetradic

#FF8A59 #7BFF59 #59CEFF #DD59FF

square

#FF8A59 #7BFF59 #59CEFF #DD59FF

split-complementary

#FF8A59 #59FFDD #597BFF

monochromatic

#DE4100 #FF5F1C #FF8A59 #FFB596 #FFE0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#FF8A59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A59

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A59	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B457

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF737F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.156 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae89',
    500: '#ff8a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a59;
$custom-light: #ffae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.711,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75295,
    "c": 0.15581,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A59

secondary

#C0E5F4

accent

#A2E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A59

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

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