#FF9840#FF9840

#FF9840 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.158 H 57.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9840
RGB	rgb(255, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(28, 100%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(28, 75%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.4%, 74.9%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 32.01, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 68.33, 62.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.3% 0.0854 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(77.3% 0.158 57.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.3982, 44.0923, 10.5480)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9840 #40A7FF

analogous

#FF4047 #FF9840 #FFF840

triadic

#FF9840 #40FF98 #9840FF

tetradic

#FF9840 #47FF40 #40A7FF #F840FF

square

#FF9840 #47FF40 #40A7FF #F840FF

split-complementary

#FF9840 #40FFF8 #4047FF

monochromatic

#C55B00 #FF7703 #FF9840 #FFB97D #FFDABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#FF9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#FF9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9840

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9840	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A334

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.158 57.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb77a',
    500: '#ff9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9840;
$custom-light: #ffb77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.644,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77296,
    "c": 0.15809,
    "h": 57.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9840

secondary

#ABD0F0

accent

#7CE600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#1A1109

muted

#87807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9840

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

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