#FF8C59#FF8C59

#FF8C59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.154 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF8C59
RGB	rgb(255, 140, 89)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(18, 65%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 65.1%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, 39.38, 46.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 60.56, 49.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% 0.1115 0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.154 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.4256, 40.7432, 14.5526)
Luminance	0.4074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF8C59 #59CCFF

analogous

#FF5979 #FF8C59 #FFDF59

triadic

#FF8C59 #59FF8C #8C59FF

tetradic

#FF8C59 #79FF59 #59CCFF #DF59FF

square

#FF8C59 #79FF59 #59CCFF #DF59FF

split-complementary

#FF8C59 #59FFDF #5979FF

monochromatic

#DE4400 #FF621C #FF8C59 #FFB696 #FFE1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#FF8C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#FF8C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF8C59

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF8C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF8C59	1.00	2.30	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7680

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff8c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 140, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.154 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffaf89',
    500: '#ff8c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff8c59;
$custom-light: #ffaf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff8c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.434,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75609,
    "c": 0.15428,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF8C59

secondary

#C0E4F4

accent

#9FE600

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF5F0

border

#D7CFCB

text

#19100C

muted

#877F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF8C59

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

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