#FF996D#FF996D

#FF996D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.136 H 43.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF996D
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 109)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(18, 57%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 57.3%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, 34.07, 39.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 51.97, 49.04°)
OKLab	oklab(77.99% 0.0983 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(77.99% 0.136 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.3955, 45.1520, 20.2628)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF996D #6DD3FF

analogous

#FF6D8A #FF996D #FFE26D

triadic

#FF996D #6DFF99 #996DFF

tetradic

#FF996D #8AFF6D #6DD3FF #E26DFF

square

#FF996D #8AFF6D #6DD3FF #E26DFF

split-complementary

#FF996D #6DFFE2 #6D8AFF

monochromatic

#F24900 #FF6E30 #FF996D #FFC4AA #FFEAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#FF996D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#FF996D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF996D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF996D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF996D	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A669

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff996d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.136 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb897',
    500: '#ff996d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff996d;
$custom-light: #ffb897;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff996d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.082,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77993,
    "c": 0.13598,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF996D

secondary

#D1EBF7

accent

#A0E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110D

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF996D

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

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