#FF8A5B#FF8A5B

#FF8A5B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.155 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A5B
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 100%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(17, 64%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 64.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.61, 40.51, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.61, 60.20, 47.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% 0.1152 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.155 42)
XYZ	xyz(52.2212, 40.1981, 14.9044)
Luminance	0.4019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A5B #5BD0FF

analogous

#FF5B7E #FF8A5B #FFDC5B

triadic

#FF8A5B #5BFF8A #8A5BFF

tetradic

#FF8A5B #7EFF5B #5BD0FF #DC5BFF

square

#FF8A5B #7EFF5B #5BD0FF #DC5BFF

split-complementary

#FF8A5B #5BFFDC #5B7EFF

monochromatic

#E04000 #FF5E1E #FF8A5B #FFB698 #FFE1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#FF8A5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#FF8A5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A5B

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A5B	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99A56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF747F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.155 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae8b',
    500: '#ff8a5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a5b;
$custom-light: #ffae8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.195,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75321,
    "c": 0.15502,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.40192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A5B

secondary

#C2E6F4

accent

#A4E600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A5B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →