Tangerine (survey)#FF9408

#FF9408 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.175 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Tangerine (survey) — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#FF9408
RGB	rgb(255, 148, 8)
HSL	hsl(34, 100%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 97%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 96.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 32.81, 75.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 82.35, 66.52°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0827 0.154)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.175 61.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.8787, 42.4632, 5.6939)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9408 #0873FF

analogous

#FF1908 #FF9408 #EFFF08

triadic

#FF9408 #08FF94 #9408FF

tetradic

#FF9408 #08FF19 #0873FF #FF08EF

square

#FF9408 #08FF19 #0873FF #FF08EF

split-complementary

#FF9408 #08EFFF #1908FF

monochromatic

#8D5000 #CA7200 #FF9408 #FFAF45 #FFC982

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#FF9408 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#FF9408 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9408

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9408	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9408	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B59F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB80B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF7B7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9408;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 148, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.175 61.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb463',
    500: '#ff9408',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9408;
$custom-light: #ffb463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9408",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.008,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76371,
    "c": 0.17475,
    "h": 61.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9408

secondary

#7BAAE8

accent

#86FF29

background

#FFFBF6

surface

#FFF6EB

border

#D7D0C6

text

#1A1106

muted

#87807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9408

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

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