#FF8A61#FF8A61

#FF8A61 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.153 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8A61
RGB	rgb(255, 138, 97)
HSL	hsl(16, 100%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(16, 62%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.9%, 62%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, 40.88, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 58.25, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% 0.1173 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.153 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.4904, 40.3058, 16.3225)
Luminance	0.4030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8A61 #61D6FF

analogous

#FF6187 #FF8A61 #FFD961

triadic

#FF8A61 #61FF8A #8A61FF

tetradic

#FF8A61 #87FF61 #61D6FF #D961FF

square

#FF8A61 #87FF61 #61D6FF #D961FF

split-complementary

#FF8A61 #61FFD9 #6187FF

monochromatic

#E63C00 #FF5D24 #FF8A61 #FFB79E #FFE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#FF8A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#FF8A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8A61

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8A61	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99B5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B45F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 138, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.153 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae8f',
    500: '#ff8a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8a61;
$custom-light: #ffae8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.57,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75404,
    "c": 0.15272,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8A61

secondary

#C7E9F5

accent

#AAE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8A61

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

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