#FF9937#FF9937

#FF9937 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.161 H 59.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF9937
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(29, 100%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 78%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 78.4%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.44, 31.16, 64.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.44, 71.38, 64.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% 0.0817 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.161 59.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.3255, 44.3240, 9.3608)
Luminance	0.4432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF9937 #379DFF

analogous

#FF3739 #FF9937 #FFFD37

triadic

#FF9937 #37FF99 #9937FF

tetradic

#FF9937 #39FF37 #379DFF #FD37FF

square

#FF9937 #39FF37 #379DFF #FD37FF

split-complementary

#FF9937 #37FFFD #3739FF

monochromatic

#BC5C00 #F97A00 #FF9937 #FFB874 #FFD7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#FF9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#FF9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF9937

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF9937	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF8286

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.161 59.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb775',
    500: '#ff9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff9937;
$custom-light: #ffb775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.4,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77395,
    "c": 0.16139,
    "h": 59.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF9937

secondary

#A3CAEF

accent

#75E600

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#1A1109

muted

#87807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF9937

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

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