#FF996F#FF996F

#FF996F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.135 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#FF996F
RGB	rgb(255, 153, 111)
HSL	hsl(18, 100%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(18, 56%, 100%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 56.5%, 0%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 34.22, 38.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 51.31, 48.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.02% 0.099 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(78.02% 0.135 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.5044, 45.1955, 20.8363)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#FF996F #6FD5FF

analogous

#FF6F8D #FF996F #FFE16F

triadic

#FF996F #6FFF99 #996FFF

tetradic

#FF996F #8DFF6F #6FD5FF #E16FFF

square

#FF996F #8DFF6F #6FD5FF #E16FFF

split-complementary

#FF996F #6FFFE1 #6F8DFF

monochromatic

#F44700 #FF6E32 #FF996F #FFC4AC #FFE9E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#FF996F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#FF996F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #FF996F

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##FF996F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##FF996F	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A66B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FF878F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ff996f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(255, 153, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.135 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ffb899',
    500: '#ff996f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ff996f;
$custom-light: #ffb899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ff996f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 255,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 71.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78024,
    "c": 0.13505,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#FF996F

secondary

#D3EDF7

accent

#A3E600

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#19110E

muted

#87807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #FF996F

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

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