Darkorange#FF8C00

#FF8C00 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.179 H 58.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Darkorange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FF8C00
RGB	rgb(255, 140, 0)
HSL	hsl(33, 100%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(33, 100%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 100%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, 36.83, 75.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 83.99, 63.99°)
OKLab	oklab(75.05% 0.0942 0.1524)
OKLCH	oklch(75.05% 0.179 58.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.6231, 40.0222, 5.0592)
Luminance	0.4002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8C00 #0073FF

analogous

#FF0C00 #FF8C00 #F3FF00

triadic

#FF8C00 #00FF8C #8C00FF

tetradic

#FF8C00 #00FF0C #0073FF #FF00F3

square

#FF8C00 #00FF0C #0073FF #FF00F3

split-complementary

#FF8C00 #00F3FF #0C00FF

monochromatic

#854900 #C26A00 #FF8C00 #FFA83D #FFC37A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#FF8C00 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#FF8C00 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8C00

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8C00	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8C00	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB400

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7177

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8c00;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 140, 0);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.179 58.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffae60',
    500: '#ff8c00',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8c00;
$custom-light: #ffae60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8c00",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 0
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.941,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75054,
    "c": 0.17911,
    "h": 58.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8C00

secondary

#74A8E7

accent

#89FF29

background

#FFFAF6

surface

#FFF4EB

border

#D7CEC6

text

#1A1006

muted

#877F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8C00

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

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